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Finding Purpose and Meaning in Times of Change: Interview with Ronald Alexander, PhD

Friday, November 20th, 2009
Today I'm really happy to bring to you Ronald Alexander, Ph.D., who is a licensed psychotherapist in Santa Monica, Ca, practicing mindfulness-based psychotherapy, Director of the Open Mind Training Institute, adjunct faculty at ...

A Short Video to Get You in the Mood

Monday, November 16th, 2009
The Mindful Mood that is... Often times the day seems to become routine and before we know it piles of responsibilities from work and home have stacked up and we feel like chickens running around with their heads cut off. I suggest taking a couple minutes to practice the video below 2-3 times a day for a week to come down from the busy mind, focus your attention, ground to the present moment and refocus to what you're really intending to pay attention to in the moment. It may help to actually put it in your calendar at first. When can you practice? Look for the "in-between" moments. These are moments before you are about to take a break or while you're waiting for someone. As you get the hang of this you won't need this video and can practice it when parked in the car, in the bathroom, or while waiting in line. Note: When the mind says, "forget it, this isn't going to work," as much as possible, just note that judgment as a mental event in the mind that is happy to keep you at status quo. Your work is to become aware of these types of thoughts, let them be, and come back to this practice. Click through to see the video...

10 (More) Quotes for a Mindful Day

Monday, November 9th, 2009
  Four months ago I wrote a blog post titled 10 Quotes for a Mindful Day. Since then I began an increasingly popular tradition called Mondays Mindful Quote where every Monday I post a quote that I ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Biggest Disease Today: Mondays Mindful Quote

Monday, October 12th, 2009
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Mondays Mindful Quote: A Universal Truth

Monday, October 5th, 2009
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3 Steps to Boosting Self-Esteem: Mondays Mindful Quote

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
There is a tradition on the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Blog. Every Monday (or Tuesday in today's case) I'm going to cite a quote or a poem that is related to mindfulness and psychotherapy in some way and ...

A Mindful Proposal: Can You Handle 5 Minutes of Solitude?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
In a recent article, Andrea Chalupa calls out for a Mindful Proposal that everyone take out 24 hours in solitude. She quotes her father, Dr. Leo Chalupa, saying that "A national day of absolute ...

Living Without Joy? Thich Nhat Hanh Shares a Secret

Monday, September 21st, 2009
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