All in Mindfulness
What gets in the way of seeing and speaking from your heart? What keeps you from saying what you need? Throughout our lifetimes, we're repeatedly confronted with solving the problem of how to overcome our loneliness. Going inward to solve the problem of feeling alone, we may find ourselves withdrawing from others, and giving up on cultivating deep connections. With the heart in mind, we can recalibrate our sight and see where a deeper connection lies.
Most of our lives we pay attention to what's physically present in front of us. But there's something essential that's invisible to the eye that we forget about. In this episode I take you through a life-saving mindfulness practice that I used one year ago while in the hospital. By the end of this episode, you’ll know how to re-orient yourself to a life of compassion, courage, and love even when it feels difficult to do so.
One Year Later! Recovering from a traumatic, near-death experience feels like a long and winding road. In this episode I speak from my experience of what it feels like to grieve a near fatal accident one year ago, and the physical and emotional difficulties of a one month hospitalization. I share lessons learned, what I've struggled with, and what I'm thankful for.
Often we don't see the value in acceptance. We think of acceptance as giving up, or giving in to the things we don't like. But that's not the case! Think of acceptance as a skill that'll help you keep your feet moving through life's difficulties. You don't have to like what's upsetting you, but you do have a choice with how you'll be with what you don't like. When we accept the reality of what's present, we find ways to be more open and flexible with our pain and suffering.
By the end of this episode you'll have a better understanding of what it means to embrace what life is offering you, and the importance of saying yes to it.
Feeling uncertain? Not sure what to do about it? Remember that in times like these we have to live our way into a new way of thinking and being. We don’t think our way into a new way of living. Uncertainty is the only certainty guaranteed in our lives! "Making friends with uncertainty," is allowing one's self to feel the discomfort of not knowing, while getting active in our own recovery. In this episode I share a few thoughts on the current pandemic and 7 ideas on how to manage your stress.
During times like these we need to slow down and check in with what matters. In this podcast I share five thoughts on how to cope with emotional contagion from a mindfulness perspective:
1. Welcome everything, reject nothing.
2. There is always more than one way to see a situation.
3. Everything and every person are connected in some way.
4. Change is the only constant. In each new moment, reality itself changes. Eventually we will recover.
5. Remain flexible and adaptable to change.
