Tag: awareness
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A Taste of Mindfulness: Fine-Tuning Your Awareness Through Mindful Eating
The practice of mindfulness involves focusing our attention on the present moment — as it unfolds from one moment to the next. However, when you’re just getting started with practicing mindfulness, it can be hard to know what to focus on. So many thoughts and distractions come into our minds, and it can be challenging to remain in the present.…
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Pain May Be Inevitable — But Suffering Isn’t
You may have heard this quote before: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”1 Sounds good, right? But when we’re the ones suffering, it feels anything but optional. And to suggest that we’re choosing to feel this way feels pretty insensitive. So let’s take a closer look at what this saying really means. What’s the difference between pain…