There’s a song by Taylor Swift {stick with me here} called Happiness. This song is actually quite sad despite the title, but there’s one line she wrote in the bridge that kept coming to mind in light of this topic: “No one teaches you what to doWhen a good man hurts youAnd you hurt him too.“ Every person and couple to ever walk this earth will make mistakes. I’m sure we can all agree on this, right?...
But in a good way! My hubby sure knows how to make my heart race and my body sweat! I know what you’re thinking… and that’s NOT what this quick and easy March Madness idea is about… SORRY! Although there will be hearts racing and bodies sweating, it will unfortunately be by the college athletes on the TV. BUT this year, you can add a little love, sass and fun to your hubby’s basketball trance and see if he can take a “time out” to play a little one-on-one with you!...
Like mindfulness itself, kindness is a natural human quality that requires intentional action to realize it’s potential. And like mindfulness, research shows that kindness is good for our physical and our emotional well-being. Studies show that thinking about, observing or practicing a kind act stimulates that vagus nerve, which literally warms up the heart and may be closely connected to the brain’s receptor networks for oxytocin, the soothing hormone involved in maternal bonding....
title: “June 2014 Mindful Store " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Lynn Barron” title: “June 2014 Mindful Store " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-04” author: “Lynn Barron”
I’m learning to meditate. Perched atop a square, hard cushion in the corner of my bedroom, trying to pay attention to the movement of my breath, and this is what I’m noticing. It’s the same kind of anguish that’s accompanied every waking hour for the past two and a half years. The fear, the rage, the helplessness. But there’s a subtle and crucial difference now. I’m beginning to observe these patterns of thought and feeling from a different place, from somewhere I didn’t previously know existed....
