Mindfulness: CBT, MBCT, and Trying to Think a Feeling Away
You can learn to relate more skillfully to your emotions using mindfulness. A common mistake that we make, however, is depending on our rational, problem-solving mind to "fix" our negative…
A mindfulness meditation practice gives you the means to develop self-awareness, to enhance your stress management skills, increase anxiety coping mechanisms, and in general enhances your potential to improve the overall quality of your life.
From CBT to Mindfulness: MBCT
There are many therapeutic approaches that have been created to help decrease human distress and suffering. In this article, I will talk about two particular approaches, as well as a…
Where Was I Just Then? Mindfulness
Mindfulness: identifying our thoughts, images and automatic reactivity to them—seeing our thoughts instead of being our thoughts. Paying attention For many years, as I ate meals I would often noticed…
What is Mindfulness Meditation?
What is meditation? The Pali word for meditation is "Bhavana," which means "to make grow" or "to develop." What is mindfulness? Mindfulness meditation is what comes from paying attention…
What Mindfulness Meditation is Not
Starting from the End There are many myths and misunderstandings regarding what a mindful meditation practice is. So let's start from the end. I'll explain what I mean. I have…