mindfulness
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Quiet and Candlelight at the Year’s End
These final weeks before the winter solstice are the darkest of the year. There is beauty in the contrast of…
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Retreats: Pause, Connect, Create — and Get Inspired
Summertime is for novelty. We spend more time outdoors, travel to new places, and do things that darker, colder times…
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Beginner’s Mind and Our Inner Child
When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners. Then we can really learn…
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The Practice of Stillness in a Fast-Paced World
The beginning of a new year is often a time to start anew. Something I have recently incorporated into my…
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Why Self-Compassion is More Important Than Self-Esteem
In my work as a therapist, I find that people frequently come to therapy worried about self-esteem, either their own…
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Signature Strengths – Building on Strengths to Increase Happiness
The final happiness practice I will share is called Signature Strengths. No two people are the same, and their strengths…
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Mindfulness Practices to Increase Happiness
To understand a little more about mindfulness — and why cultivating mindfulness is a mega trend for good reason, watch…
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Self Compassion Practices for Happiness
According to Positive Psychology Research and Trainer Dr. Jonah Raqette, practices that focus on deepening our compassion for ourselves also…
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Kindness and Compassion Practices for Greater Happiness
Positive Psychology Trainer Dr. Jonah Paquette teaches us that practices to show kindness and compassion to others have the additional…
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Practicing Happiness in Unprecedented Times
These days, I have a special resentment in my heart for the phrase “unprecedented times.” The past few years have…
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Practices for Keeping Our Hearts Open
Sometimes the pain of the outer world is so great that it can feel challenging to keep our hearts open.…
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The Difficult Work of Welcoming Our Painful Emotions
I was a young man and first starting my own spiritual and therapeutic journey, I imagined…
