Tag: Mindfulness
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The Mindful Life
Last week I taught a class about “The Mindful Life” at my college. Mindfulness is rooted in the Buddhist philosophy that only the present moment exists. The future does not yet exist. The past no longer exists. Therefore, we should focus our energy and attention on that which is real, the present moment. Personally, I…
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Who is setting your intentions?
It is 9:21am and I have yet to check my email. This is new. Please don’t worry, though. I’ll get to my email. I ALWAYS get to my email. But I needed to make a change. Last week I scheduled a call with my writing coach, Christine Hemp (who I realize also serves as my spiritual…
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Holy Listening with Stephen Colbert
I am a fan of Stephen Colbert. I am even more of a fan after watching his interview with DeRay McKesson, a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement and the new Campaign Zero, this past Monday on The Late Show. Colbert introduced himself to McKesson as possibly “the whitest person you’ve ever met.” Then, after a…
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The Practice of Doing Nothing: How I Stopped Fueling my Stress
I caught myself getting overwhelmed tonight. I’d been distracting myself from my stress all day long—running from meeting to meeting, answering emails, sending emails, moving from one uncompleted task on my desk to the next. When I finally got home and needed to focus on my children, though, I no longer had the energy to…
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Mindfulness Meditation: There’s An App for That
I’ve recently heard about a new genre of “apps” that are being developed to provide “digital therapy,” or relief from all the stress and distraction caused by… all those other apps. Yeah, it doesn’t make a lot of sense. I’ve found the best therapy for my overworked, distracted, and oftentimes anxious mind, is to get…
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Lion Running
I stole a moment to go running today. Twenty whole minutes, in fact. This morning as I anxiously reviewed my to-do list I decided my workout had to get skipped. Then, to my surprise, my work went so smoothly and at such a fast clip that an unexpected window of time appeared, and I jumped…
Teri McDowell Ott 