Category Archives: Coping mechanisms

YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT There are always two ways you can think about whatever it is you want: One way causes you to feel some good feeling (calm, confident, empowered, loved, happy, ect) the other way causes you … Continue reading →

What is important in this moment is what you are choosing to think and believe and say right now. These thoughts and words will create your future. Your thoughts for the experiences of tomorrow, next week, next month, and next … Continue reading →

“Mindfulness practice is simple and completely feasible, says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. “Just by sitting and doing nothing, we are doing a tremendous amount.” In mindfulness meditation, or shamatha, we are trying to achieve a mind that is stable and calm. … Continue reading →

Top 10 Self-Control Strategies Written on April 11, 2011 by Laura in Positive Psychology Self-control is undoubtedly crucial to both our well-being and survival.  It allows us to internalize a sense of ourselves as the masters of our own fate … Continue reading →

Mindfulness vs. Mindlessness Written on May 17, 2011 by Laura in Mindfulness “Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.” –Montaigne We are mindful when we are in a “mental state characterized by nonjudgmental awareness of … Continue reading →