Each time I pass by a dead animal on the road I feel this gut-wrenching sadness and disappointment inside. What’s interesting, I’ve noticed, is the intensity of this feeling sometimes depends on the animal, it’s size, and even my current emotional state. It’s common to see squirrels, birds, skunks, raccoons. The other day, though, I passed a …
Often you read a title like this and think “right, that works. If I just do these things everything will be better (rolling eyes).” But for real, these are 3 ways you can literally begin to reduce the stress in your life. Unless you’re some kind of superhuman that doesn’t experience stress, this will be useful …
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You like burritos, right? Of course you do! They’re tasty, you can have them any way you like, and they’re pretty easy to make (especially if someone else does it for you). What do burritos have to do with Americans? Americans supposedly invented them, firstly, and we should easily be able to see why. Americans …
As yoga’s popularity continues to spread and the abundance of information about yoga grows, so do our questions about it. Why do so many people practice yoga? What’s the point? What if I’m not flexible? Or I don’t have fancy yoga pants? What if I’m not able to do what the teacher asks…or I don’t …
Okay, so mindfulness itself doesn’t suck, but being good it at does. We all avoid doing things that are difficult; unfortunately we blame mindfulness for being hard, rather than blaming ourselves for the (lack of) effort. By now we all have some idea of what mindfulness is – bringing more awareness to the present moment. …
Do you allow your job to define you? In our short time on earth, we seem to spend an awful lot of time concerned with how others view us and this impacts how we think about ourselves. I’ve never been one who was overly concerned about following a traditional trajectory in life. After all, I am …