Although meditation came from religious practices, it is now being used for stress management and healing. It's part of modern psychotherapy and medicine. There are a lot of meditation practices that you

Benefits of Mindfulness for Children Mindfulness exercises have a lot of benefits for children. Research shows that mindfulness training improves attention, memory processing, and decision-making skills.

I'm glad I was able to become a member of @Tribesteemup. They are a group in Steemit that supports Steemians that post quality content. This was started by @kennyskitchen. They have what they call the

How Compassion For Others Increases Compassion For Oneself One of the main parts of self-compassion is the concept of common humanity. Common humanity acknowledges that we all experience discomfort, pain

The Benefits of Self-Compassion Self-compassion has many benefits. People who practice self-compassion tend to experience lower levels of depression and anxiety. They tend to ruminate less and tend to

I was shocked to find out that Anthony Bourdain passed away today from suicide. I was at work looking through my phone and read about this on my Facebook feed. My heart sank and I felt sadness. Even though

Self-Compassion is being kind towards ourselves as if we were our close friend when we're experiencing difficulties. I am practicing this right now and I want to show through my posts the steps I go through

We all experience painful feelings. It's part of being human. We go through failures and setbacks. We get hurt by the actions of others. Sometimes we end up hurting other people and ourselves. These situations

In my previous post, I explained ways you can observe your thoughts to diminish their influence on you. Now on this post, I will describe a process called defusion. It's a process that helps you remember

Image credit In my last post, How To Handle Painful Thoughts, I described how you can be an observer of your thoughts so they won't take over you. In this post, I will give you other ways of getting into

Image Credit In my previous post, we established that you are not your thoughts. You can just be an observer of these thoughts, especially if they're not helpful. If you haven't read the post yet, please

I'm working and living in the United Arab Emirates right now as customer service advisor. Particularly, I'm in the Emirate of Ajman. In Ajman is the Ajman Corniche. I went to the beach today to get some

That’s right. You are not your thoughts. Your thoughts and mental images are something that you can observe. If they are something that you can observe then they are separate from you. “No,” you might

Hello there!! I’m A Meaningful Life. Thanks for my visiting my blog. I’m glad I found about Steemit where I can blog about my main goals in life right now: becoming a father and starting my own business.