Category: Mindfulness

Remember the first time you tasted ice cream as a child? The pure, unadulterated joy, the excitement that made you shiver with delight? Or perhaps you recall the awe-inspiring moment you first…

Mindfulness with teens sounds amazing—but how do we get past the eye-rolling? Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about this, with a few successes and many failures. But I’ll share these…

Source: Photo by David Boca on Unsplash By Justine Saavedra, M.S. and Tchiki Davis, M.A., Ph.D. The Wim Hof Method is named after the person who developed it—a man named Wim Hof…

Overthinking can be like a mental treadmill—no matter how much effort you put in, you’re not getting anywhere. That endless loop of thoughts keeps you awake at night, makes decisions feel impossible,…

It’s pretty hard to feel calm when your heart is racing. It’s also true that when you are feeling calm your heart is typically not going a mile a minute. A key…

When we are anxious and worried, we lose sight of the present moment as our minds fixate on possible future outcomes and worst-case scenarios. If we pay attention, children and animals can…

When panic strikes, it can be difficult to know what to do. The feelings elicited by panic and panic attacks can be so intense that they can knock us off kilter and…

Source: Elizaveta Dushechkina/Pexels The thought of adding or removing a habit from your routine can be overwhelming. Does your mind have a tendency to create roadblocks or distractions? Perhaps it tries to…

Source: CastOfThousands/Shutterstock Today’s avalanche of information requires some judicious digging and sifting. Especially in health care, the sheer mass of new studies and reviews can be overwhelming; we try our best to…

Source: Karolina Grabowska/ Pexels Clients, friends, and colleagues face similar challenges, a pervasive sense of feeling overwhelmed and anxious, a sentiment I attribute to our collective struggle with our screen usage obsession….