Tag: mindful technology
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Take a Break to Stay Focused
The workaholics among us (I can count myself in that group too much of the time) often feel that taking a break is a sign of weakness, or at least will reduce our productivity. In reality, and perhaps counter intuitively, taking breaks can help you to rejuvenate and regain your focus, and thereby increase…
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Protecting Yourself Against Yourself: Blocking Apps for Focus
Although we’d all like to have such a high degree of self-control that we don’t need any external aids to keep ourselves focused and present when using technology, in practice we can all use a little help. There are a variety of apps you can use to resist technological temptation by making it impossible…
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Humana and eMindful – More Than Just Health Insurance
Have you ever been at work feeling tired and unfocused, like you’re not accomplishing anything? Most of us feel like this at some point throughout the workweek. One survey has shown that 31% of people waste at least 30 minutes each workday and another 31% waste an entire hour feeling unproductive. One way to combat…
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5 Steps to Shut Down your Negative Thinking for Good
Whether it’s because of genetics, experiences, or simply poor coping skills, most of us have a hard time controlling our negative thoughts—we’re more focused on the negatives in our lives than the positives. We previously discussed mindfully rewiring your brain to love yourself, but with a little more awareness we can also stop our thoughts…
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Technological Distractions are a Bug, Not a Feature
I can’t count how many times I have heard the following responses to a complaint about how technology can distract us: “You can’t turn back the clock.” “If you find it distracting, just turn it off.” “It’s the price we pay for the benefits of technology.”
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Stop Multitasking, It’s Wearing You Down!
Are you the type of person that’s constantly doing more than one thing? Do you regularly eat while you’re working? Do you check your emails, social media notifications, and look at news in the morning while you’re getting ready for the day? You’re not alone, most of us multitask, and many of us think we’re…
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Pokemon Go: Does “Augmented Reality” Augment Reality?
The term “augmented reality” refers to technologies — like Pokemon Go — that superimpose characters and other objects on images of the real world. But does “augmented reality” necessarily augment reality? The term “augment” connotes an improvement, not just an addition. Just consider that in the last few weeks Pokemon Go has been…
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If You Can’t Change it, Learn to Mindfully Accept it
When something bad happens to you it can be easy to ask Why me? , these type of thoughts can consume us, but they don’t have to. A bit of good can always come out of bad situations, especially if we’re mindful about how we treat our experiences. So what can we do when we…
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Your Career Anxiety Is All In Your Head
Have you ever heard the saying confidence comes from within? When you begin to practice mindfulness, you learn that that phrase is very true! It doesn’t take accomplishments and a vast knowledge of everything in your career for you to feel confident at work—it just takes a little mindfulness.
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The 3 Greatest Lessons Only You Can Teach Yourself
Throughout our lives we’re taught so much at school, from our parents and other family members, through our friends, but one thing that must be self-taught is mindfulness. No one teaches us how to be mindful, although some schools are making an effort to bring mindfulness and yoga to the classroom, it’s really something we…
