The fifth of the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness is to create your own medical team. Here is why. Your primary care doctor is wonderful for helping you out when you have a medical problem like a virus, cold, or infection. His recommendations in […]
Archives for July 2015
15 Things You Should Add on Your Daily To Be List – Purpose Fairy
15 Things You Should Add on Your Daily To Be List. I have always loved this quote from Wayne Dyer:”I am a human being, not a human doing. Don’t equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren’t what you do. If you are what you do, then when you don’t…you […]
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF POSSIBILITY
“In most of psychology, researchers describe what is. Often they do this with great acumen and creativity. But knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing. My interest, for as long as I can remember, is in what can be, and in learning what subtle changes might make that happen. […]
Practice Daily Meditation
The fourth of the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness is to practice daily meditation. Here is why. Meditation strengthens the mind like exercise strengthens the body. With daily exercise, your muscles become toned and your body feels great. If you miss a day or […]
Here are 8 things you can do today to feel the happy, light energy you want:
You can’t beat the crap out of yourself into a happy relationship with your body… …and you can’t think your way into more energy and vitality. Here are 8 things you can do today to feel the happy, light energy you want: get up and stretch, while you listen to a Tina Turner song (try this […]
ARE YOU A VICTIM OR HERO?
ARE YOU A VICTIM OR HERO? “Although the mind resists it, the fact is that like me, you have a choice between having the life you want or the reasons why you can’t. You can luxuriate in joy and peace, or you can continually be burdened by that big black bag full of all the […]
The Process of Awakening
The Process of Awakening Awakening is not a state but a process: an ethical way of life and commitment that enables human flourishing. As such, it is no longer the exclusive preserve of enlightened teachers or accomplished yogis. Likewise, nirvana—the stopping of craving—is not the goal of the path but its very source. For human […]
Make Health-Promoting Lifestyle Changes
The third of the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness is to make health-promoting lifestyle changes. Here is why. Long before my first diagnosis of muscle invasive bladder cancer in 1997, I learned that making health-promoting lifestyle changes was really important from Dr. Dean Ornish, […]
5 Practices for Nurturing Happiness — Thich Nhat Hanh – Lion’s Roar
We offer this teaching on happiness to honor the great Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh, who suffered a serious stroke in November. Source: 5 Practices for Nurturing Happiness — Thich Nhat Hanh – Lion’s Roar
Investigate Alternatives
The second of the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness is to investigate alternatives. Here is why. When most people hear the words, “You’ve got cancer,” they follow the standard medical treatment of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and drugs. The exceptional people become their own advocates […]
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