Tag: tips
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Have We Busied Ourselves Out of a Life?
We wear busyness as proof of importance. We confuse full calendars with full lives. Somewhere along the way, being busy stopped being a temporary condition and became an identity.
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The Wisdom of Play
Do we have it backwards? Perhaps we missed the whole point? Our culture and industry inherited the framework of a six-day work cycle directly from religion, where God labored for six days and rested on the seventh. Without the Jewish Sabbath, which we now recognize on Saturday, we might very well be working six days…
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Your Mind and Unwelcome Guests
“The mind is not attacking us. It is doing exactly what it was built to do, rehearse old pain in the hope of preventing new pain. The freedom comes when we finally realize we do not have to invite every thought inside and give it the run of the house.”
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Why Meditate When I Can Pray?
When I was young, a friend invited me to meditate with her. It was something her family practiced regularly, and she made it sound as natural as brushing your teeth. Curious, I mentioned it to my church youth pastor and was quickly warned that I was “opening myself up to the enemy.” At the time,…
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Get On with Actual Living: A Mindful Reframing of Goal Setting
Happy Monday, friends — We’re still a couple of months away from goal-setting season, but this topic has been on my mind for a while. I’m also hearing more people talk about their “future selves” across different platforms, so now feels like the right time. Read it now or save it for January—either way, you…
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Zen and the Art of the Scroll
Slow Your Scroll – Wise Social Media Habits You open Instagram for inspiration. Just a quick look, you tell yourself. Ten minutes later, you’ve compared your writing, your breakfast, and possibly your entire life to three strangers with better headlines and a cat who somehow has better engagement. You’re not angry at yourself, just amused…
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Are Your Habits a Kind Way of Maintaining Your Addictions?
What if the routines we call healthy habits are simply a kind way of maintaining addiction? Questioning the Question There is no shortage of best-selling titles encouraging us to build better habits. Wake early, journal, meditate, work out, repeat. These routines can be helpful. But ask yourself: Can you easily say no to one of…
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Mindfulness in the Digital Age: Finding Balance, Not Escape
Digital communication is here to stay. Phones, tablets, and laptops keep us connected, informed, and often inspired. Yet they also compete for our most precious resource: attention. If mindfulness is the art of being present, what does that mean in a world built to distract? What the Research Says Studies increasingly show that how we…
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Five Simple Ways to Begin a Mindfulness Practice
Starting a mindfulness practice doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, the most powerful practices are often the simplest. Below are five ways you can bring mindfulness into your everyday life, each connected to a common challenge many of us face. 1. Mindfulness for Pain When discomfort arises, our instinct is often to resist or…
