Mindfulness Blog

Starbucks, Mindfulness & Engagement

Starbucks, Mindfulness, and Engagement. Starbucks is probably one of the most mindful companies on the planet. They have created incredible experiences, all repeatable, and their staff continues to be on the forefront of mindful engagement and interaction. Mindfulness, and Engagement is the strategy behind the closure of 8,000 company-owned stores in the United States on the afternoon of May 29th.  They will conduct

Transform, Integrate,Practice

Mindful awareness is not just a way of “doing” something but a way of being. The more times you practice it, the more you are aware of what it is. Mindfulness helps you to transform, to see more and integrate more of the outside with your inside.  It’s like moving from black and white to high definition color television.  This
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Mindfulness & Resilience

How Can Mindfulness Build Your Resilience? How well do you recover from something challenging, like fear, uncertainty, and doubt? Life is unpredictable; there will always be high and low moments. Resilience is the ability to bounce back after hardships. The good thing about resilience is that it is not a personality trait. It is something that you can learn. Resilient

Interfaith Video – Written & Directed by Keith Fiveson

What is your path and is there any path that is the only path?  My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you

5 Tips to cool yourself with mindfulness

1. Breathe. When you read an article that makes your blood boil and your focus falters, set aside two minutes for slow and steady breathing. When we’re under stress, blood pressure rises and cognition and mental control plummet. These changes are governed by the autonomic nervous system—named thus because it handles all kinds of automatic processes you normally can’t control. But

Our Relationship Garden

Let’s face it; relationships can be hard, harsh, and painful.  They confront you, reflect you, and show you who you are.  Like gardens, if you don’t tend to them, with tools, care, and water, they suffer, falter, grow old, wither and die.  Can you seed, weed, feed and mindfully sustain and grow an abundant, ever green, garden of beauty? Gardens

Some Awe to Transform YOUR life

Mindfulness is a powerful technique that allows us to bring our attention to the present moment. By focusing on the here and now, we can experience the incredible richness of life in a way that is impossible when our minds are distracted or preoccupied. One of the key benefits of mindfulness is the ability to experience awe. According to Lani

Mindfulness Based Recovery Coaching (MBRC)

MBRC helps people with behavioral or substance misuse to find relief from the stresses and triggers that have them “act out” – as a coping mechanism – and mindfulness is used to reduce relapse. Ongoing mindfulness training programs incorporate both formal and informal practice into everyday activities to generate a higher level of consciousness (focus, awareness, sense of being) to

Mindfulness and Addiction

https://workmindfulness.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ripl_video_1493467108386.mp4 Mindfulness involves two key components: Awareness and acceptance.  You may not be aware of your feelings, your thoughts and not want to examine them or accept them. You might further find that drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, binge-watching TV or surfing the Internet become your way to find comfort and escape.  At first, it’s great but then turns into problems

Mindfulness for Relapse Prevention?

If you are like the millions of Americans that are struggling with behavior or substance misuses, addictions, compulsions, then you are also fighting a battle to regain control of your life.   You are going through an ongoing battle, day by day to make a fresh start, and stay on a path that avoids a relapse into a cycle of

Mindlessess Internet Abuse (MIA)

We increasingly hear, read, and see Mindless Internet Activity (MIA).  It has kids, individuals, couples, and families MIA in relationships.  Caring and loving relationships need support and care. But what if they are MIA?  Can issues that need to be addressed be fixed if you don’t know they are broken?   Adapted from the first validated measure of Internet Addiction,

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