I find the seasons to be powerful external reminders to check on the assumptions and patterns that guide our time. For one thing, our habits often shift with the seasons as we react to our environments.
Shifting Your Time Habits with the Seasons Read More »
Time scarcity has wide-reaching impacts that effect our daily experiences as well as our long-term health and happiness.
Do You Experience Time Scarcity? Read More »
In this season, I seek rituals that I can return to consistently to anchor myself. The ones I’ve found most useful in this time are the ones that bring small joy, small rest, or small curiosity.
Creating Small Rituals Read More »
Can we actually define ourselves through that habit we keep saying we’ll get to…but never actually put into practice?
Reconsidering Our Daily Time Habits Read More »
I think of Rumi’s “The Guest House” of the emotions and experiences that arrive into our lives that may feel unexpected, out of our control, and difficult to handle. I have been thinking about the ironic process theory, also known as the white bear problem. The more we attempt to avoid a thought or emotion, the more likely it is to flare up.
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This month I have been holding patience, trying to accept and be gentle with whatever arrives within me each day. Though I yearn to feel movement and progression toward something, I try to be patient and recognize this pandemic isn’t something we can rush through.
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While especially pertinent to our current reality, the power of close relationships has been found to be the key to happiness, healthiness, and longevity in life.
Time for Social Connection Read More »
While mindwandering certainly has its benefits, in the realms of positive psychology research shows that mindfulness and being present may ultimately have the upper hand in enhancing our wellbeing.
Mind Your Mind: Mindwandering and Mindfulness As Related to Happiness and Wellbeing Read More »
How are you experiencing your everyday spaces? How do you pay attention to the present?
Paying Attention to the Present Read More »
Every social gathering, every team, every family is made up of individuals who arrive to the group offering something. Each conversation is a potluck of ideas…every organization a potluck of skills and goals.
Gratitude in Action Read More »