This post is the eighth of twelve in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses Chapter Thirteen. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes at a time. (5 min read) Where does […]
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This is the ninth post of twelve in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses Chapter Fourteen. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes at a time. (3.5 min read) In my […]
Sending and Receiving
This is the tenth of twelve posts in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses Chapters Fifteen through Seventeen. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes at a time. (4.5 min read) […]
There is only reality (and that’s okay).
This is the eleventh of twelve posts in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses Chapters Eighteen through Twenty. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes at a time. (6 min read) Pema observes that the […]
Sometimes you just have to let things fall apart
This is the last of twelve posts in the Exploring Mindfulness series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses Chapters Twenty-One and Twenty Two. Participants are encouraged to practice mindfulness meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes at a time. (3.5 min read) Reversing the […]
How Therapy Can Help
First Key Factor: THE RELATIONSHIP This is the first post in five-part series: Five Key Factors of How Therapy Helps. The core of how therapy can help is the relationship between the client and the therapist. It has many aspects in common with any authentic relationship. One key difference is that the therapeutic relationship […]