by The Mundane Meditator My dog is perfect. Never mind the chewed up shoes. Never mind the constant leash-pulling. She is perfect. Well, except for maybe one pesky habit. My dog barks as if there is an armed intruder at the door every time she hears a knock. Loud and ferocious – as she simultaneously […]
How Training My Dog Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Mindfulness
Posted on August 31, 2020 //
How Sudden Illness Taught Me Mindfulness
Posted on May 25, 2020 //
by Michelle Maiellaro Back in 2014, my mind heeded none of the signs as my body rebelled against me. For more than a month, a slight fever clung to me, my heart hammered at any physical exertion, and my knees threatened to buckle when climbing stairs. Convinced this ailment would eventually disappear, I ignored […]
How Mindfulness Saved Me From Myself
Posted on May 18, 2020 //
by Sindy Warren It was a Thursday afternoon in Cleveland, Ohio, circa 2000. I should have been at the law firm where I worked, preparing a legal brief in an age discrimination case. Instead, I was lying in bed feeling like I was about to have a heart attack. I had binged again. I ate […]
The Silver Lining: How Practicing Mindfulness Saved My Life
Posted on April 15, 2020 //
by Gabrielle Plastrik The breaking point for me was the day 26 years ago that I threw up in the hallway just outside my middle school’s cafeteria. I can still see the wide gray hallway, the wooden paneling on the right and the windows into the typing classroom and the teacher’s bathroom on the left. […]
The Power Of Mindful Listening
Posted on April 8, 2020 //
by Beatrix Potter In this busy world, filled with constant distractions, it is rare to feel that we are ever truly being listened to and valued when we speak. True attentiveness is an uncommon occurence in today’s world. Yet, when we give someone our fullest attention and mindfully listen to them, we are able to […]
The Unexpected Gift: How Meditating Let Me Write Again
Posted on February 14, 2020 //
by Susan Barr-Toman I was trying meditation out of desperation. I’d read that it could calm your thoughts and give you a sense of peace. My goal—to keep it together, to maintain functionality. My husband’s cancer had returned and this time it was terminal. The practice, as I understood it, was to focus on my […]
Shrink Your Stress – Live Smaller
Posted on February 7, 2020 //
What do we really want from life? I’m feeling a little bit fed up of being told (by magazines, adverts and the media, to name a few sources) that what I want should be a ‘big’ life. In this life, I’m told, I would be successful, the best version of myself; I would think big […]
How Mindful Eating Helped Me Overcome Eating Disorders
Posted on February 7, 2020 //
by Kevin D. Burciaga Tell me if this sounds familiar: You open a large bag of chips because you want a salty snack. You take one bite, and then you open your e-mail, respond to a few e-mails, read a couple of articles that come into your news feed, then you check your social media […]