Mindful resurrection

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The present moment most often gets squeezed out by all our preoccupation with the future and the past. It’s about creating balance between doing and being. There is a time and place to plan and dream about the future. And it’s natural and even necessary to remember...

No joke, mindfulness is really quite simple

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Mindfulness is simply about being rather than doing. Giving ourselves space between all the busyness is critical to our mental, spiritual, and physical well-being. Most of the time we are so busy running from one activity to another that we barely have time to catch...

CBS, Mindfulness, and Me

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As you may know my day job is at Aetna where I’m on the National Care Management Strategy, Innovation, and Program Design team. I’ve been helping Aetna develop and manage our mindfulness-based wellness programs for the last five years. CBS came to Aetna...

Asleep or awake

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As I see it, we can live life in two ways, asleep or awake. Asleep means we distract ourselves by eating too much, drinking too much, working too much, and sleeping around. We numb ourselves and do what it takes to get relief so we don’t have to see things as they...

How to take a mindful pause

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Our collective goal is to stay out of a chronic state of stress reactivity. Here are the simple steps to taking a mindful pause to keep calm, stay focused, reenergize, and be more present in the moment: 1. Stand or sit upright and dignified. 2. Lower or close your...

How will you sprout up this spring?

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We’re getting ready to come out of winter hibernation, a time when we slowed down and turned our energies inward to contemplate our deeper values. Spring is a time for freshness and new beginnings. It offers us an invitation to let go of what no longer serves...