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Archive for May, 2009

The Most Imporant Thing in Life!

Friday, May 29th, 2009

"If I had to do it over, I'd do things differently", said a very wealthy man as he lay on a semi-firm hospital bed in his last few hours of life. The Rabbi sitting next ...

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Negative Thoughts seem Convincing? Thoughts are Not Facts

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

When we're not feeling well, our thoughts seem entirely believable and convincing. They are the truth! Here is a simple test to make the point that thoughts are not facts, and we don't need to ...

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Why is this Present Moment so Important?

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Why is this Present Moment so Important? The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe, before it's gone. Rumi Allow this to be just a simple poem ...

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Feeling Fear? Lovingkindness - A Path to Healing

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

In an earlier blog I explored the importance of letting down the mask that almost all of us put up in order to keep uncomfortable feelings at bay. I laid out a short process ...

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Your Mental Health: Mindfully Letting Down the Mask

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Anyone who has ever gone through a time in their life where they haven’t felt well, whether it was depression or anxiety, is all-too-familiar with the process of putting on a mask in order to ...

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Feeling Tension? Some Words to Live By

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Part of the struggle we all live with is a constant desire to get away from the place we are currently in. We either feel discomfort and want to get away from it or we ...

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Struggling with Life? How Your Ears Can Help

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Hearing. A sense we often take for granted. So many sounds coming and going in a moment, but so often we're on auto-pilot, in our minds thinking about this, worrying about that, fantasizing, catastrophizing, or ...

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3 Steps to Working with Anger

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

In his book Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations for Transforming Difficult Emotions, acclaimed author and Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh writes: Recognize and embrace your anger when it manifests itself. Care for it with tenderness rather ...

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Addicted to Your Phone? Try This

Monday, May 11th, 2009

I was warned about this. People told me that getting a smartphone where you have multiple avenues to receive messages can be dangerous. In my case I got the Blackberry where I can receive messages ...

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Feeling Disconnected from Life: 9 Steps to Reconnect Today

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "Life is routine, and routine is resistance to wonder." When we're babies and kids, everything is like new and captures our attention, but over time we become habituated to life and ...

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