Month: September 2015
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Saving Lives with Mindfulness
Most of what we write about here focuses on mindfulness as it relates to being focused at work or being more attentive in relationships. Being mindful, however, can literally save your life.
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Series: What Mindfulness Means to Me, Robert Plotkin
In an effort to share a range of perspectives on the meaning of mindfulness and to facilitate a discussion about this important topic, we are posting a series of short essays by different contributors on What Mindfulness Means to Me. Below is our founder, Robert Plotkin’s view of what mindfulness means to him.
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Electric Toothbrushes: A Tool for Mindfulness?
I started using an electric toothbrush about a year ago after scoffing at them for many years. Now I love it. What I didn’t expect was that it would both provide some good mindfulness training and also encourage mindlessness. Let me explain.
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Series: What Mindfulness Means to Me, Zan Barry
As the word mindfulness gains wider use and moves more into the mainstream, confusion can arise about what it means. In addition, mindfulness means different things to different people. In an effort to share a range of perspectives on the meaning of mindfulness and to facilitate a discussion about this important topic, we…
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How to Vacation Mindfully
It was easier to “get away from it all” on vacation before smartphones and the Internet. Our ever-present devices now blur the line between work and vacation, making it more important than ever that we be actively mindful on our vacations, lest our precious time away from work become little more than a week-long…
