Here’s a simple, 7-step guide to help you manifest whatever you want to achieve. I call it the RESOLVE practice. How to Manifest Whatever You Want: RESOLVE R — Recognize a yearning for change So, you want to turn in a new direction? Then you’ve already got what you need to start making changes. Once you can see that you want more freshness in your life, you can kick your resolve into gear and make it happen....
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A more sophisticated emotion-tracking app surfaced this summer: Moodnotes ($3.99 for IOS) allows you to journal your feelings so you can better understand and relate to them. Created by clinical psychologists Edrick Dorian and Drew Erhardt of Thriveport and London design studio Ustwo, Moodnotes is based in cognitive therapy, a form of therapy where psychologist and patient work together to evaluate patterns of thinking that are unhelpful and work to change them....
06/22/12 The authors say their earlier research showed that learning can alter white matter, which affects how the brain learns, acting as a relay system and coordinating among different brain regions. In this latest study, the researchers set out to measure the degree of alteration, focusing on areas of the brain that they felt were most likely to change from the training the participants received. The researchers found evidence of measurable changes in white matter associated with a part of the brain network related to self-regulation—the anterior cingulate cortex—after short exposure to focused meditation....
In taking our seat, whatever that posture looks like for you, we begin by establishing a solid base, a foundation. We cultivate some stability, strength, and a sense of being grounded. It is this steady base that forms the foundation for the rest of our practice and our capacity to cultivate calm, insight, and open-heartedness. Once our base is established, we can begin to open up with balance and equanimity to whatever is arising....
I often speak about the “ripple effect” when I am guiding mindful leadership retreats, or teaching a mindfulness course. We each have the capacity to create a ripple with our action and with our inaction. The ripple effect potential of those already in positions of influence in our society is even greater. It is a responsibility we need to take seriously as leaders. Steve Jobs showed us how to do that....
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Of course he had never led a company before, and so had no track record. But he exuded self-confidence. Is that enough? That CEO candidate came to mind recently when I heard a new rap song that has two refrains: What about me? What will make me happy? What do I want to do? Where am I going? These are, of course, the kinds of thoughts that guide us through our days....
Doug Gilmour, ex-national hockey league legend, recently wrote an interesting article for The Players’ Tribune. It was a letter to his younger self. It was personal. It was revealing. It was poignant, and it was telling. Telling of a limited mindset that too many of us embrace in the hopes of finding added motivation to perform at our best. Gilmour, a celebrated hockey alumnus, spent a good lot of his career trying to prove to others that despite his limited size, he was capable of playing with the best in the NHL....
In this video from 2016, the UK’s Mental Health Foundation shares some startling statistics: isolation can be as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. How Isolation Impacts Our Health “We are made for community, to be connected with others, in fact we cant thrive in life without good relationships” the Mental Health Foundation says. Experiencing isolation can place us at greater risk for high blood pressure, poor sleep, and damaged immunity....
Meanwhile, I was asked to speak at an upcoming conference, Wisdom 2.0 Youth. I was asked for the title of my talk and somehow Race to Right Here Right Now arose in my mind. It was then that I realized: many of us, at a very young age, are already racing to somewhere, but we’re losing the race to being right here right now. We are always wanting to attain a goal, accomplish a task, move forward in our education or our career....
Aurora teaches a great class on women’s technique and has some interesting things to say about the follower’s role here. About tango leads, she says, “I dance with them, but I also dance with me.” (Aurora also happens to sell beautiful tango shoes…don’t get me started on the shoes!) I caught the Argentine tango bug about seven years ago (after trying ballroom tango and then salsa). Ballroom tango just wasn’t my style (more power to them, though)....
I began to think about how I wasn’t a very good swimmer, how I often get motion sickness, and that I would probably get seasick. I was sure the fish would bite me. This flood of thoughts about my past and my future filled my mind and offset any anticipated enjoyment. In the same way, I’ve noticed that many of the teens I work with worry excessively about things that are out of their control....
Professional education involves a process of socialization within the field, and in this process Zlotnick believes that students often lose their sense of authenticity, often adopting an unnatural persona which ultimately proves detrimental to his or her overall performance. So, Zlotnick’s course works to maintain individuality and authenticity within that socialization process through mindfulness theory and practice. ACMHE writes: “In this webinar [Zlotnick] will provide some background on how trial advocacy is typically taught in American law schools and will then walk attendees through the various ways in which mindfulness theory and practice were integrated into the course....
You might want to have a few tissues or a journal handy. I find this practice brings so many emotions to the surface, making me teary and grateful and excited to be alive all at once. I hope you find it similarly powerful. Sit comfortably, relax your body, and close your eyes.Slowly, gently, breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth. Now, imagine that you are breathing in all of 2019 and what transpired for you, bringing the whole year into your lungs with each breath....
Winston defines mindfulness as “paying attention to present-moment experiences with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to be with what is.” She makes arguments for why mindfulness should be practiced in our culture, drawing on studies that have proven the benefits of mindulness for stress relief, depression, and coping with the “mental health issue of being a human being in the 21st century.”
After the past year, the feeling of turning on your phone and bracing yourself for the worst has become all too familiar. Headlines with the words: injustice, intolerance and other inhumanity have become the new normal. As we near the 1-year mark of the pandemic outbreak and navigate our new normal, it can be hard to witness it all and maintain a sense of hope. To combat this feeling, I sit and follow my breath....
The film includes interviews with Megan Cowan, the director of Mindful Schools, an initiative that offers a mindfulness curriculum to U.S. schools, and brain scientist Richard Davidson, who is founder and chair of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. HEALTHY HABITS OF MIND from Persona Film on Vimeo.
