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Archive for October, 2009

5 Keys to Emotional Freedom: An Interview with Tara Brach

Friday, October 30th, 2009

I am very happy to bring you and interview with Tara Brach again. If you missed the last interview on Radical Acceptance you can view it here. Tara Brach is a clinical Psychologist who ...

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3 Steps to Breaking Free from Procrastination

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Tom was taking a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course with me and really had wonderful intentions to do the practices that were assigned week to week. However, at the time he was to sit ...

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Want Emotional Freedom Today? Mondays Mindful Quote with Rumi

Monday, October 26th, 2009

There is a tradition on the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Blog. Every Monday, I cite a quote or a poem that is related to mindfulness and psychotherapy in some way and then explore it a bit and how ...

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The Mindful Path through Shyness: An Interview with Steve Flowers

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

I'm very happy to be interviewing Steve Flowers, MFT, author of the excellent new book Mindful Path Through Shyness: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Help Free You from Social Anxiety, Fear, and Avoidance...

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Getting Help Through the Mindful Tweet

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Let me just open by saying that the way I really believe change happens with us is in our daily lives. Having a space to remind us of that is enormously helpful. For most of us, ...

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Mondays Mindful Quote: Henry Ford on the Power of Thoughts

Monday, October 19th, 2009

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What is Most Important in Life? A Lesson from Tolstoy

Friday, October 16th, 2009

There is a story by Leo Tolstoy of a king who had everything he needed, but he had three questions that nagged at him. What is the right time to do any one thing? Who are the ...

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Can Mindfulness Help You Break Through Sexual Challenges?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Mindfulness is all about learning how to be intimate with yourself once again: In other words, turning toward your thoughts, feelings, and emotions or others with a kind or loving awareness. Derek Walcott's poem of ...

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The Biggest Disease Today: Mondays Mindful Quote

Monday, October 12th, 2009

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Refusing to Forgive in Relationships: An Interview with Dr. Fred Luskin

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Today I bring to you one of the foremost experts on a critical topic for individuals and relationships, Forgiveness. Dr. Fred Luskin is the Director of the Stanford Research Project on Forgiveness and author ...

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