Have you ever wondered why the impact of a positive moment can feel so fleeting while you can’t seem to shake off bad feelings after a negative event? Maybe an otherwise fine restaurant, one you’ve trusted for years, serves up a bug in your soup and you can’t convince yourself to give them another try. […]
Mindfulness
Loving Kindness Meditation
We live in stressful times, some of which is not of our own making. Devastating events like hurricanes and earthquakes have the ability to impact so many lives, including those who find themselves displaced, those who know someone directly affected, and those who find themselves feeling empathy for the suffering of all. But even when […]
Try This: The Path to Less Stress
Working as a stress reduction professional has made me keenly aware of my ability to pick the path of least stress. I’m not always successful, but knowing that my suffering is a result of the choices I make is illuminating – and humbling. Recently, I saw an interview with a man who was wrongly interred […]
The Space Between Reaction and Response
With so much unrest in our world, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and lose touch with our sense of harmony. World peace, the health of our planet, the legacy we will leave our children – these are just a few of the imperatives of the times in which we live. How can we keep our […]
Start a Chain of Gratitude this Thanksgiving
When the person in front of you on a plane reclines their seat to the max, there are a few ways you can respond. You can accept it. You can get angry about it. You can politely ask the person to move their seat forward a bit. I think a lot of us are a […]
It’s Not What Happens – It’s How We Respond
Listen to this post Although I’m a frequent flier, I rarely experience travel nightmares. Then yesterday happened. Actually, all was well until we were on the runway at SFO, ready for our 7 a.m. takeoff to JFK. Then came the “Hi, folks. This is your captain…” over the scratchy intercom. Our pitot tube was busted, […]