Recently a client asked me to introduce him to meditation. After I explained the basic ins-and-outs of it, he asked, “So it provides relief? That’s why people do it?” I chuckled at this question, as it was trying to apply a goal-oriented mindset to something that inherently is a process. A Completely Different Approach In […]
Mindfulness… Then What?
A client of mine, who is a doctor, recounted a story where a patient of his came back to his hospital weeks after he had been seen. His patient was irate, feeling my client hadn’t “put the dots together” and therefore didn’t prevent his heart attack. My client, with decades of experience under his […]
Your Mindful To-Do List
Who doesn’t have a to-do list? That familiar cascade of items which never seems to clear fully. It sure seems that as soon as it shortens, twelve more things find their way on the end of that list (or jump to the top of it), bringing us back to square one. It’s great to be […]
Meditation for Beginners: Jack Kornfield
There seems to be no lack of information on how to learn to meditate. Even so, meditation for beginners can be frustrating. So many methods! So much to think about when, ironically, the intention is to not think at all! So what is the best meditation for beginners? Start simply. The best way to do […]