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    5 Ways Mindfulness Helps Treat Addiction

    October 6, 2023

    “Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.” (Thich Nhat Hanh) Do you find yourself looking forward to your nightly glass of wine a bit too much? Do you struggle with late-night trips to the 7-11 for junk food? Are you dabbling in illicit drug use? Are you loathe to call your […]

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    5 Ways Mindfulness Helps Treat Addiction

    October 6, 2023

    “Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.” (Thich Nhat Hanh) Do you find yourself looking forward to your nightly glass of wine a bit too much? Do you struggle with late-night trips to the 7-11 for junk food? Are you dabbling in illicit drug use? Are you loathe to call your […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Addiction, Emotion Regulation, General, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion Tagged With: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, addiction, binge eating, depression, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, discomfort tolerance, impulsivity, mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, self-compassion, Stress, stress management

    How To Achieve Emotional Sobriety

    February 22, 2023

    Many people in recovery from alcohol or drug abuse, compulsive overeating, gambling, or other addictive behaviors eventually realize that while quitting the behavior is crucial, it’s not sufficient to live a happy, serene, healthy, and useful life. The next step in recovery is emotional sobriety, or learning to deal with the uncomfortable feelings, thoughts, and […]

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    How To Achieve Emotional Sobriety

    February 22, 2023

    Many people in recovery from alcohol or drug abuse, compulsive overeating, gambling, or other addictive behaviors eventually realize that while quitting the behavior is crucial, it’s not sufficient to live a happy, serene, healthy, and useful life. The next step in recovery is emotional sobriety, or learning to deal with the uncomfortable feelings, thoughts, and […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Addiction, Codependency, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: addiction, emotional sobriety, mindfulness, recovery, support group

    How Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Benefit Each Other

    April 29, 2022

    Both psychotherapy and a mindfulness practice can be powerful and effective ways to help us live more fulfilling, useful, and healthy lives. Moreover, being in therapy while having a consistent mindfulness practice can compound the benefits of both processes. How do these two benefit one another? To define terms, mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of the […]

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    How Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Benefit Each Other

    April 29, 2022

    Both psychotherapy and a mindfulness practice can be powerful and effective ways to help us live more fulfilling, useful, and healthy lives. Moreover, being in therapy while having a consistent mindfulness practice can compound the benefits of both processes. How do these two benefit one another? To define terms, mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of the […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: DBT, meditation, mindfulness, psychotherapy, self-compassion

    Managing Your Anxiety During The COVID-19 Crisis

    March 20, 2020

    We don’t like uncertainty. We never do. And in times such as these, so much is up in the air. We don’t know what additional restrictions our local government will mandate in terms of sheltering at home and business closures, nor how long they will continue. And what about access to testing and treatment for […]

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    Managing Your Anxiety During The COVID-19 Crisis

    March 20, 2020

    We don’t like uncertainty. We never do. And in times such as these, so much is up in the air. We don’t know what additional restrictions our local government will mandate in terms of sheltering at home and business closures, nor how long they will continue. And what about access to testing and treatment for […]

    Filed Under: Anxiety, General, Mental Health, Mind/Body Connection, Mindfulness Tagged With: anxiety, control, COVID-19, exercise, gratitude, mindfulness, Stress

    15 Ways To Access Your Inner Wisdom

    February 6, 2020

    How do you think your life would change if you had absolute faith that some all-loving and all-wise being could and was managing all of your problems? You’d probably feel a lot less stressed, for starters. You might sleep better at night, be more energized during the day, and be less distracted and thus better […]

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    15 Ways To Access Your Inner Wisdom

    February 6, 2020

    How do you think your life would change if you had absolute faith that some all-loving and all-wise being could and was managing all of your problems? You’d probably feel a lot less stressed, for starters. You might sleep better at night, be more energized during the day, and be less distracted and thus better […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Courage, General, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: acceptance, cognitive distortions, faith, inner wisdom, mindfulness, negative thoughts, patient, wisdom, wise mind

    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

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    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: exercise, forgive, gratitude, happiness, mindfulness

    The 3-Step Path to Self-Compassion

    August 4, 2018

    It’s usually pretty easy to feel good about ourselves when things are going our way, when we’ve been making significant progress on our personal and professional intentions, and when we’re in harmony with the important people in our lives. However, when we fall short of our own expectations, disappoint others, or fail to achieve a […]

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    The 3-Step Path to Self-Compassion

    August 4, 2018

    It’s usually pretty easy to feel good about ourselves when things are going our way, when we’ve been making significant progress on our personal and professional intentions, and when we’re in harmony with the important people in our lives. However, when we fall short of our own expectations, disappoint others, or fail to achieve a […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: kindness, mindfulness, self-compassion

    20 Tips To Stop Your Mind From Wandering and Overthinking

    February 2, 2018

    A 2010 study of over 2200 people found that about 47% of the time people are not thinking about what’s going on in the present. What’s more, the Harvard University researchers found that when our thoughts are focused in places other than the present moment, we are not as happy as when we’re in the […]

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    20 Tips To Stop Your Mind From Wandering and Overthinking

    February 2, 2018

    A 2010 study of over 2200 people found that about 47% of the time people are not thinking about what’s going on in the present. What’s more, the Harvard University researchers found that when our thoughts are focused in places other than the present moment, we are not as happy as when we’re in the […]

    Filed Under: Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness Tagged With: mindfulness, overthinking, worry

    Using Mindfulness To Improve Your Relationships

    October 31, 2017

    When we hear the word “mindfulness”, many of us think about how being more mindful could benefit our physical health, reduce our anxiety, help us perform better at our job, or deepen our spirituality. Being more mindful can certainly bring about these changes. However, mindfulness can also strengthen our relationships with other people. How does […]

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    Using Mindfulness To Improve Your Relationships

    October 31, 2017

    When we hear the word “mindfulness”, many of us think about how being more mindful could benefit our physical health, reduce our anxiety, help us perform better at our job, or deepen our spirituality. Being more mindful can certainly bring about these changes. However, mindfulness can also strengthen our relationships with other people. How does […]

    Filed Under: General, Mindfulness, Relationships Tagged With: loving kindness, mindfulness, relationships

    How To Regulate Your Emotions By Developing Your Wise Mind

    October 10, 2017

    Have you ever flown off the handle and said or done things you later regret? (Almost all of us have.) Or have you been so much “in your head”, focused on facts and figures that you lost contact with your feelings or those of other people? (Probably.) In the first case, you were in what […]

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    How To Regulate Your Emotions By Developing Your Wise Mind

    October 10, 2017

    Have you ever flown off the handle and said or done things you later regret? (Almost all of us have.) Or have you been so much “in your head”, focused on facts and figures that you lost contact with your feelings or those of other people? (Probably.) In the first case, you were in what […]

    Filed Under: Anxiety, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Mindfulness Tagged With: mindfulness, regulate emotions, wise mind

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