Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
Your Fight Response || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
I have observed from my seat across from the human condition, that adults with particularly unjust childhoods tend to have “anger” problems. In reality, they have a handful of problematic triggers that cause them to act out whenever they feel threatened in the same way they were as a kid. From that viewpoint, their behavior is rational. From…
Read MoreTrue Responsibility is the Ability to Respond || By By Phannie Krentzman
We all have long lists of what to do to be most responsible. There are things we’ve inherited from our parents and grandparents that were dictated by their life experiences and conditions. The societies we live within tell us the most acceptable ways to parent, live, spend, save, travel, communicate, be in relationship, etc. Responsibility is…
Read MoreThe Sacred Practice of Slowing Down: What Motherhood & Art Taught Me About Spirit || By Leanne Morton, MA, LPC, ATR
I still remember the shock of becoming a first-time mom in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, how lonely it felt to cross the threshold into motherhood without a community to hold me. It was overwhelming, defeating and disorienting. Like so many new mothers, I turned to my phone, the internet, and social media, hoping…
Read MoreAnte Up || By Laura Zwisler, LPC
I suspect life is run like a casino game. Casino games require that you place a bet or “ante up” before you get a chance to play. Playing is not winning. Playing is an opportunity to win. It’s also an opportunity to lose. Should you lose, you paid to lose. Should you win, you paid for the chance to win. Want…
Read MoreFrom Mind-Body to Bodymind || By Phannie Krentzman
A crucial aspect of our well being is disregarded and overlooked. Obsessed with cognition, we seem to miss what’s right underneath us – our bodies. Funnily enough, we’ve separated the brain and its function, from the body. We’ve forgotten that the brain IS body and that the body is continuous. Now it’s a curious thing…
Read MoreWhat It Really Means to Live a Holistic Life: Thoughts from a Therapist in Denver || By Leanne Morton, MA, LPC, ATR
Have you ever felt like your mind is racing, your body is exhausted no matter how much sleep you get? Like you’re going through the motions of your day but not really in it? We’re living in a time that glorifies productivity, where the pressure to do more often comes at the expense of our…
Read MoreParadox on the Path II By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
There are so many ways to start on the spiritual path. For many, it might just be a sense of something missing, like a can’t-quite-put-a-finger-on-it feeling, a deep longing that can’t be articulated and yet … a person is pulled toward something that is also somewhat obtuse. On the other hand, it could be…
Read MoreFree to Respond || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
One of the most pivotal points on my spiritual path came rather early, as I was just beginning to observe the mind and realize how much it worked on autopilot. Something would happen and instantly my mind would react, with criticism, judgement, dismissal, dismay, and a host of other reactions that seemed so normal. If…
Read MoreMaybe … Maybe Not || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
There is a wonderful Buddhist story, maybe Zen, maybe not, about a man, his son, and a horse. It goes something like this: Once upon a time, before there were cars and the internet, there was a man, his son, and a horse. One day, the horse ran away, and all the villagers came by…
Read MoreIt’s Never Over || By Beth Hinnen, Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher
These words may strike fear in the heart … or they may be the most freeing ones ever. For me, it’s the latter. As I walk the spiritual path, I make an effort to stay open to new sources of information from many different places (okay, YouTube provides a good chunk of that right now),…
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