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Mindfulness and Anger: Perhaps no emotion is seen as needing to be controlled as does anger. We are taught that…
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Mindful eating
Mindful Eating: Some years ago, when I was participating in a Zen Training period at a Catskill, NY Zen Monastery,…
Emotional Eating – Food and Mood
Emotional eating In our quest to create distance from ourselves and control emotional pain, we often resort to “eating our…
Money and Emotions: Can Securities Buy Us Security?
Money and Emotions: In the continued quest to Lose Control and to Gain Emotional Freedom, it is important to face…
Lose control:Tyranny of the “To-Do” Lists – Tips to become less busy
It is important to lose control, become less busy and resist the Tyranny of the “To-Do” Lists. Lama Surya Das,…
Faces of Control:Technology Addiction
Techno-avoidance, or the avoidance and control of emotional discomfort through the use of our technological mechanisms is exerting growing individual…
Faces of Control: Avoiding Emotional Pain
Faces of Control: How we avoid emotional pain – The next several blog posts will explore the various ways that…
Mindfulness and Pain: Mindful Pain Exposure: “Lean Into Pain”
Mindfulness and pain – HH Dailai Lama once stated, “Lean into pain“. In this simple phrase, he underscored the importance…
Pain and Mindfulness: Taking the “hurt”out of pain
Mindful exposure of pain; taking the “hurt” out of pain Pain and mindfulness – It is possible, through mindful exposure,…
Practicing Thankfulness
Practicing thankfulness and gratitude are good for your body and mind research indicates. Conversely, harboring grudges, and traits of pessimism…
The Hole 2 – Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy – We can define The Hole by considering its opposite. So if the hole is the experience of…
Sources of Emotional Pain: Facing The “Hole”
Facing the Hole: A big step in “losing control” Mindfulness and psychotherapy – As people pursue the journey toward…