Tag Archives: meditation
Mindfulness saved the day
Sometimes I need a reminder for why meditation is beneficial. I mean, to be honest, sometimes meditation is so boring. My sessions lately are only 10 minutes long and my mind is wandering all over the place still, from Viggo … Continue reading
A Brief Word on the Crankos
I feel like we, as a generalized collective, are obsessed with happiness. There are endless “happiness studies” and how they correlate to our levels of satisfaction, fulfillment, and access to certain privileges. But if you think about it… Can we … Continue reading
The Importance of Bodily Routine. Aka: I want to lock myself up in a South Korean temple
The last two days, I’ve been getting all those familiar signs of an impending panic attack: heart palpitations, that tingly sweaty palm feeling, sudden bursts of dread, ridiculous bouts of worry over pretty far fetched things (IS MY BABY DEAD … Continue reading
When everything is annoying, find your mantra
When I was a teenager, I had a reputation for being…cranky. Granted, every teenager is some level of awful but in retrospect, it is kind of startling that my teenage PEERS even commented on my bad attitude. In freshman year, … Continue reading
Habit 1: Daily Meditation ~ an update
About 2 weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to establish a new good habit: daily meditation. There are so many studies and news reports that have lauded meditation’s benefits on our minds and bodies (a good primer is here … Continue reading
Plan B pulls more things into the Circle of Influence
In the classic book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey advises readers to become more aware of how we’re focusing our time and energy. This diagram is Covey’s Circle of Concern – all of the things … Continue reading
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