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How to be a Positive Support When Someone in Your Life is Affected by Suicide
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s time we talk specifically about how to be a positive support when someone in your life is affected by suicide.
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Stop, Collaborate and Listen
No, this will not be a cheesy throwback to the Vanilla Ice era, but rather an important concept we often forget. A wise yogi once stressed that we must collaborate versus trying to control outcomes. In other words, we have to realize that we cannot control...
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WARNING! The untethered mind is not a safe place.
WARNING! The untethered mind is not a safe place. Letting the mind wander for too long can lead to: A feeling of being overwhelmed on what lies ahead Unnecessary anxiety around things that may or may not happen Fear of the future as you struggle to control the present...
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Be in your body and listen.
Do you find it impossible to pause when angry? As though a fire is raging in your mind that you can’t extinguish. You try to take a calming breath, but your adrenaline won’t let you slow down. When you lay in bed, do your thoughts run rampant? Like you are rapidly...
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Book Recommendation for Healing & Calm
As a therapist and yoga teacher in Geneva, IL, I frequently refer to Jillian Pransky’s mindfulness practices. Her teachings lend to epiphanies and her meditations are profound.
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Why Mindfulness Makes Me Cringe
Mindfulness is the psychological process of paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally. Committed practice of this skill supports the development of a deeper understanding of the mind, and a more accepting and compassionate relationship to their internal and external experiences.
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Faith: complete trust and confidence. A meditation to cultivate.
This guided meditation will serve to remind you of faith that is already alive within you. Use it as often as you need it.
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Ocean Meditation
Follow this 6 minute guided meditation to soak in life moment-by-moment. As you listen, if you sense any discomfort just refocus back on the meditation.
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Pause and Take a Breath
Practice “Pause for Breath.” If you find you’d like to practice for longer, use the same method, but count up to 5 AND back down from 5.
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Mindfulness to Music – Direct and Anchor Your Attention
Want a way to decompress at the end of your day? You can listen intently to the changes in the sounds or you can allow the sounds to come and go.
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