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What is mindful presence?

Stress-Proof Your Brain, by Rick Hanson (2CDs) This article is about developing the skill of mindful presence. Let’s unpack those two words, mindful presence. Mindfulness is simply a clear,...

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Giving is the most natural thing in the world

Meditations for Happiness (3 CDs) When you consider all this, it’s clear that we spend a lot of time giving to others. It’s the most natural thing in the world. Most giving is small, in passing, hardly...

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Let Go

What Are You Holding Onto? I’ve done a lot of rock climbing, so I know firsthand the importance sometimes of not letting go! This applies to other things as well: keeping hold of a child’s hand while...

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Why develop mindful presence?

Check out Meditations for Happiness by Rick Hanson (3 CDs)This is the second post in the series on mindful presence. You can view Part One here. So why should we go out of our way to develop...

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Forgive Yourself

Meditation MP3 – The Heart’s Wisdom: Development of Compassion Everyone messes up. Me, you, the neighbors, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, King David, the Buddha, everybody. It’s important to...

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Speak truly

It’s been said that the most powerful tool for physical health is a fork (or spoon), since the choices you make with it determine the good or bad things you put into your body. In the same way, perhaps...

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From shame to self-worth: evolutionary neurobiology of shame

Have you ever scolded a dog and seen him or her look guilty? Obviously, animals do not have the elaborated textures of thoughts and feelings that humans do. But our emotions, even the subtlest ones,...

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From shame to self-worth: development of shame spectrum feelings in childhood

Shame is a very primal emotion, one that has a lot of traction in the mind. As we grow up, from infants to adults, shame elaborates many nuances, like the branches and twigs growing from a single...

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Accept Dependence

Want to try a little experiment? Stop breathing. Really. For a few seconds, maybe a few dozen seconds, and see how it feels. For me, this experiment is an intimate way to experience a deep truth, that...

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Dodging sticks and chasing carrots

Scientists believe that your brain has a built-in “negativity bias.” In other words, as we evolved over millions of years, dodging sticks and chasing carrots, it was a lot more important to notice,...

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