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    Mindfulness for holiday stress
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    The Earth and the Buddha

    The Buddha’s teachings are considered to be a path to freedom in the heart and the mind. And the earth represents delusions and illusions of life.

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    The Magic of Awareness, Poetry Beauty and Art
    Audio Meditations
    December 18, 2017

    This Precious Human Life

    Kate Munding shares how we can make the little moments in life become a different experience. That preciousness of human life doesn’t only come with beauty.

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    Spiritual Journey
    Audio Meditations
    October 12, 2017

    Spiritual Journey

    Donald Rothberg leads the spiritual journey meditation towards perfecting mindfulness. To look deeply to oneself takes more courage than the soldier on the battlefield.

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    Positive Future
    Audio Meditations
    June 19, 2017

    Positive Future

    Envision your purpose by a guided meditation positive future by Sean Fargo. This is a chance to connect within the place inside us toward a life of meaning.

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    Parami by Ajahn Sucitto
    Buddhist
    September 4, 2016

    Parami

    Parami. A way of talking about transcendence, liberation or however you conceive of a spiritual path, is to use the metaphor of ‘crossing the floods.’

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    Finding the Meaning in My Life
    Motivation
    August 11, 2016

    Finding the Meaning in My Life

    A Mindfulness Exercise worksheet that will help you relate to your daily experiences, allowing you to find more meaning to and understanding to it.

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    Small Boat Great Mountain
    Buddhist
    May 12, 2016

    Small Boat, Great Mountain

    Small Boat, Great Mountain by Amaro Bhikkhu contains Theravadan Reflections on the Natural Great Perfection. It has references to Ajahn Amaro, et al.

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    living with personal integrity
    Confidence
    May 11, 2016

    Living with Personal Integrity

    This Mindfulness Exercise on Personal Integrity Worksheet would be helpful to guide you on your meditation and assessment of your leadership qualities.

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    aligning with your mission
    Focus
    May 11, 2016

    Aligning With Your Mission

    Aligning with your mission. The worksheet will be helpful to reflect on how you are relating to your experiences today to align your purpose and goals.

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    the art of generous learning
    Work & Leadership
    May 10, 2016

    The Art of Generous Learning

    In the Art of Generous Learning, realize that teaching others is a generous act, but being willing to learn from others can be generous as well.

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    standing up for yourself
    Confidence
    February 12, 2016

    Standing Up for Yourself

    Standing up for yourself. In what ways did you push back in relationships, conversations, meetings? How did you feel? Discover now.

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    Great Patient One
    Buddhist
    February 9, 2016

    Great Patient One

    Great Patient One is Part 2 of Where Are You Going- A Pilgrimage on Foot to the Buddhist Holy Places by Ajahn Sucitto and Dr. Nick Scott.

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    Being Positive
    Stress
    January 12, 2016

    Being Positive

    Being positive in your life with mindfulness exercises can help you to increase the ability to distinguish between positive or negative impact in life.

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    what is my ultimate purpose
    Motivation
    January 11, 2016

    What is My Ultimate Purpose?

    What is your ultimate purpose? Explore the practices to discover life’s ultimate purpose with mindfulness exercises with the help of the online worksheet.

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    Overcoming Anxious Thoughts
    Stress
    December 15, 2015

    Overcoming Anxious Thoughts

    You can overcome your anxiety by estimating the real odds that your anxious thoughts will become a reality and then formulating a coping plan.

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    manage mitigate stress
    Stress
    December 11, 2015

    Managing and Mitigating Stress

    Be a smart stress avoider. Get as creative as you can about managing or avoiding stress using our stress avoidance mindfulness worksheet.

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    Warm Hands Visualization
    Stress
    December 7, 2015

    Hand Warming Visualization

    In this mindfulness exercise on Warm Hands Visualization, you will imagine warming up your hands and feet as a relaxation technique for reducing stress.

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    Letting Go of Your Story
    Anxiety
    December 4, 2015

    Letting Go of Limiting Stories

    This mindfulness exercise will help in examining & letting go of the stories limiting you & that you currently believe about yourself, others, or the world.

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    Letting go
    Confidence
    December 3, 2015

    Letting Go

    Learning to let go is a part of the journey towards peace. This mindfulness exercise on letting go will help you detach yourself from expectations.

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    Identifying Personal Values
    Confidence
    December 2, 2015

    Identifying Personal Values

    Can you identify your core values? Are you living your life in accordance with them? This mindfulness exercise will help you identify your personal values.

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    Establishing Safety
    Anxiety
    November 20, 2015

    Establishing Safety

    This practice promotes a sense of safety that allows our mental resources to stop fending off outer threats & instead focus on our inner wellbeing.

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    Savoring Success Past Present and Future
    Work & Leadership
    November 20, 2015

    Acknowledging Success

    This mindfulness exercise on Savoring Success will make you feel better by reminiscing about the positives in your life—whether past, present or future.

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    My Favorite Things
    Happiness
    November 19, 2015

    Favorite Things

    This mindfulness exercise on My Favorite Things helps you focus on things that you enjoy, bring you a sense of comfort, and enhance your sense of security.

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    Beginning Our Day
    Confidence
    November 14, 2015

    Beginning Our Day, Volume 2

    Find out how mindfulness can help you reflect on your reactions to unpleasant feelings, and to identify your habits and tendencies, throughout your day.

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    Affirmations
    Confidence
    November 4, 2015

    Affirmations

    Affirmations help us to develop a positive mindset and thus break down the barriers that negative thinking puts up in our day-to-day lives.

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    Acting with Intention
    Confidence
    November 2, 2015

    Acting with Intention

    Setting an intention before beginning a task or activity can help guide your actions so that they are in line with your values.

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    Two Ways of Doing Anything
    Motivation
    November 2, 2015

    The Alternative Way

    Have you ever thought that there could be two ways of doing anything? One is when you’re feeling burdened or it’s chore & the other, without a heavy heart.

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    Presence through our Palms
    Contentment
    October 27, 2015

    Presence Through Our Palms

    Palm the Present Moment. Use this portable grounding meditation script whenever you find yourself getting anxious, worried, feeling overwhelmed, or lost.

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    Creating a Personal Intention Statement
    Focus
    October 21, 2015

    Personal Intention Statements

    Very few people consciously think about what values matter most & how this could change their lives. A personal intention statement is uniquely yours.

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    Focus by Daniel Goleman
    Videos
    July 21, 2015

    “Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence” [Video]

    Published on Dec 6, 2013 In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today’s scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: attention. Combining cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting […]

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    Accepting Who You Are: How to Lead Your Life with Mindful Purpose
    Blog
    July 4, 2015

    Accepting Who You Are: How to Lead Your Life with Mindful Purpose

    I’m so fat. I’m not very pretty. She has it all together–why can’t I be more like her? It is easy to plunge into self-pity and self-loathing. We look at others and, for some insane reason, we see perfection. We see beauty. And when we do not see perfection, that is okay. We accept them […]

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    Joanna Macy coming back to life
    Audio Talks
    April 16, 2015

    Coming Back to Life [Audio]

    [ai_playlist id=”201178″] Coming Back to Life by Joanna Macy: It’s time of Passover. It’s time of Easter. It’s time when life comes to actual life with fresh, surprising ways and calls us also to come back to life. Oh, it’s important on what I do, because we are born on planet earth. Everything that we know […]

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    Brain on Mindfulness: No More Questions, Your Honor
    Blog
    April 1, 2015

    Brain on Mindfulness: No More Questions, Your Honor

    Remember when the Japanese were in the news, because their businessmen were so stressed out that they were having heart attacks left and right? Lately, Americans seem to be in the same boat: taking no time for themselves, focusing on their work to the exclusion of all else, and allowing stress to affect their health. […]

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    Chas Dicapua
    Audio Talks
    March 19, 2015

    Understanding Judgment and Discernment [Audio]

    Judgment and discernment are essential aspects of the spiritual path. Mindfulness exercises can increase one’s ability to feel and skillfully respond to suffering. Understanding judgment and discernment by Chas DiCapua: The theme I want to talk about tonight is I believe a really important one and certainly has been in my practice, and that is kind of […]

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    Multiply Your Meditation Benefits
    Blog
    February 23, 2015

    Multiply Your Meditation Benefits

    Multiply your meditation benefits – it grows when you have a sangha community to support you. It’s difficult to practice mindfulness all by yourself, and there’s no reason you have to go it alone. Sangha is one of the three jewels of Buddhism, along with Buddha and Dharma. One simple definition of Sangha is to […]

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    the is of your identity
    Anxiety
    January 12, 2015

    The I’s of Your Identity

    The i’s of your identity. This mindfulness exercise brings your thought to discern and know more about your identity. This activity increases awareness.

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    Noticing Intrusions
    Stress
    January 12, 2015

    Noticing Intrusions

    Download “Noticing Intrusions” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Practicing mindfulness and mindfulness exercises can help to alleviate these incessant worries and they can also teach you how to give your full and undivided attention to one thing at a time. We spend our entire lives moving so quickly, simultaneously tackling a variety […]

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    feeling knocked off balance
    Stress
    January 12, 2015

    Feeling Knocked Off Balance

    Download “Feeling Knocked Off Balance” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Integrating Ways of Being Consider the different ways we can experience life – different aspects of our being that help us function… until they don’t. We can be cerebral and goal oriented, for instance, or we can be predominantly kinesthetic, placing the […]

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    Doing What You Want
    Work & Leadership
    January 12, 2015

    Doing What You Want

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    your life in time
    Worksheets
    January 11, 2015

    Your Life in Time

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    building true power
    Work & Leadership
    January 11, 2015

    Building True Power

    Download “Building True Power” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW How to Build True Power with Mindfulness Mindfulness empowers us to develop our inner strength and true sense of power. How? Because the more aware we become of our perceptions and habits, the more readily we are able to instill mindful habits and […]

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    appreciating how you contribute
    Work & Leadership
    January 11, 2015

    Appreciating How You Contribute

    Download “Appreciating How You Contribute” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW How often do we take pause to recognize how we contribute to the world? Many of us wonder how to contribute to society, and yet we don’t often take the time to look at what we are already offering. When we take […]

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    aligning with your purpose
    Confidence
    January 11, 2015

    Aligning With Your Purpose

    Download “Aligning with Your Purpose” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Living in alignment with one’s life purpose is the key to a meaningful life. One of the greatest challenges in doing this, however, is that many of us don’t know what our life purpose is. How do we live life with purpose […]

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    locating the self
    Worksheets
    January 11, 2015

    Locating the Self

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    Taking Care of Yourself
    Stress
    January 11, 2015

    Taking Care of Yourself

    Download “Taking Care of Yourself” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW Download “Taking Care of Yourself” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW How to Start Taking Care of Yourself Here are some ways you can do in taking care of yourself everyday as written here: Set specific time slots when you […]

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    understanding your self pity
    Stress
    January 11, 2015

    Understanding Your Self-Pity

    Download “Understanding Your Self-Pity” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW It is important to understand your own strengths & weaknesses. Sometimes, we see our circumstances and fall into a spiral of self-pity. What we can do instead is use these circumstances as a bouncing board to rise from our current situation. Use the […]

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    breaking patterns of self judgment
    Stress
    January 10, 2015

    Breaking Patterns of Self-Judgment

    Download “Breaking Patterns of Self-Judgment” by entering your name and email below:DOWNLOAD NOW How to Increase Self Acceptance and Ease Self Judgment Most of us are familiar with self-judgmental thought patterns. When we don’t measure up to our limited ideas of ‘perfection’, it can become habitual to sink into harsh self-dialogue. The good news is […]

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