Everyday Mindfulness

It's the practice of mindfulness that helps me develop awareness of the negative thoughts. Otherwise, my brain would ascribe the uneasiness/nervousness to Event A in an automatic way, and perhaps lead me to avoid, or worry about a situation or a person needlessly. I'm not looking to stop these feeli...

"I'm feeling anxious/scared/sad...what do I need right now?" That's from the article on the Facebook post the other day, and helps me to lift out of the ruminating slog to some helpful activity. In my case it was a drink of water and some moving around. Very powerful strategy. Thanks for t...

Thank you all for your thoughts. Looking back at what I wrote, I was happy to see that I had said I was "wondering" about my feelings. It is a detached, mild observation about changes in how I look at my interactions with some friends, with a touch of wistfulness, I suppose, about the real...

I'm new to this group, but have been practising mindfulness and meditation for a few years now. I've been wondering about something lately. I feel somewhat less tolerant than I used to about exposing myself to "dark" things, listening to certain friends' lengthy rantings, for example. I do...

Hello, I started with Full Catastrophe Living about 3 years ago, passed onto me by my sister, who found it helpful. It changed my thinking and marks when a positive shift began in my life. Last year I passed that book on to someone else, but will probably get myself another copy. Meanwhile, "Wh...

Hi Gareth, It was the "everydayness" of the tweet that made it so valuable, that mindfulness can be ongoing, routine, like exercising, brushing teeth, emptying the dishwasher, attending to mail, not letting it build up until it becomes overwhelming. I've left a stressful job through early ...

Hello, new to the board. I find the twitter posts comforting. This one today made me come to this board to respond: Wow, anxiety explosion whilst walking the streets. Chest feels hella tight. Cue mindfulness practice to bring myself back. (via @AdamAxon) The everyday fleeting thoughts that make me u...