Masquerade Party

I really wanted to have a fun date just in time for Mardi Gras for everyone out there to enjoy. This is, of course, the tame version of a Mardi Gras festival, but I still incorporated some key elements into this fun filled group date. Now prepare yourself…some of the games that we played are HiLaRIoUS. If you dare to play these (a group date is the best for them) you will have some serious laughs ahead of you!...

March 11, 2023 · 6 min · 1149 words · James Martinez

Mindful Birthing Video

In this video, from the Mindfulness and Compassion conference back in March, Bardacke talks about adapting Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) into her Mindful Childbirth and Parenting program. She talks about some of the unexpected stressors on pregnancy and how mindfulness can help—a key part of Mindful’s feature story on Bardacke’s class in the August 2013 issue of Mindful magazine. “Why bring mindfulness to expectant families? Well first of all, pregnancy is pretty stressful even if it’s happy....

March 11, 2023 · 1 min · 165 words · Emily Davidson

Our Adventure Book Marriage Journal By The Dating Divas

See more in this adorable Dating Divas video: The printable Our Adventure Book DIY album includes: The printable Our Adventure Book DIY album includes: Our Adventure Book DIY Cover Our Adventure Book DIY Cover Our Adventure Book DIY Memory Journal Pages Our Adventure Book DIY Memory Journal Pages Relationship Roadmap for Our Adventure Book Relationship Roadmap for Our Adventure Book Our Adventure Book Future Adventure Pages Our Adventure Book Future Adventure Pages...

March 11, 2023 · 1 min · 193 words · Justin Cortez

Practice Improvised Mindfulness At Your Desk

What was the first thing you did this morning after getting out of bed? What items are sitting on the kitchen counter? Who was the last person you spoke to? Can you recall her words? What was that person wearing? Describe what you did yesterday from the time you woke up until you went to bed in the order in which it happened. A trained improviser could probably answer all of these questions....

March 11, 2023 · 2 min · 348 words · John Gonzalez

Quantifying Life Quality

If you live in Somerville, officials want to know. In fact, they want their city to be the first in the U.S. to systematically track people’s happiness. This spring, along with the city’s census forms, residents received a questionnaire asking them to rate their happiness on a scale from one to 10. So far, more than 7,500 people have mailed back the survey. The city asked Dr. Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard University internationally recognized for his research on happiness, to guide them through the process of creating the survey....

March 11, 2023 · 2 min · 371 words · Cynthia Wiggins
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