I love mindfulness. It is such an important area of personal development that honestly is not talked about enough. I understand completely why that is the case. It’s because a lot of people do not know what mindfulness is, let alone how to identify it. Which of course means that they have no knowledge what so ever about how to engage in it, or even the many different benefits of engaging in mindfulness.

Before we dive any further into this post, I want to provide you with a definition of what mindfulness is.

Mindfulness is the mental state of being conscious and aware of something by focusing your attention on the present moment. An important component to engaging in mindfulness is being aware and accepting of your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations completely free of judgement.

Sounds like a lot and that is because it is! Mindfulness is not something that you can easily accomplish overnight. It requires a great deal of commitment, dedication, and consistency to reach a state of being mindful 24/7. I have been practicing mindfulness for years, and mainly because of my inconsistency with the craft, I’m still working towards a point where I am just mindful all the time.

Of course, here on the blog we have talked about mindfulness many times in many different ways. However, today’s post will take a different approach with the conversation. Here’s how…

Mindfulness is such an important skill for everyone to have because it will improve your life in so many different ways. It will improve the type of relationships that you have with others, and even the kind of relationship that you have with yourself. It will improve the way you navigate through your day, the way you identify with your emotions, the way you approach various situations, and so much more.

That’s why in today’s post I want to share with you some mindfulness tips that you can use to improve your overall life. Check them out below! [Read more…]

Mindfulness.

It is such a powerful practice that we all should be implementing into our daily routines. There are so many benefits to practicing mindfulness. Mindfulness is essential for a healthy mind, body, and spirit. It can also help you effectively regulate your emotions.

Honestly, I could go on and on about how beneficial mindfulness is, the many different ways that it greatly impacts our overall health, and the extensive number of reasons why everyone should be practicing it.

But I won’t do that to you. At least not today!

Instead, I have a very special guest post today from a Celestina Oniye-Thomas, a Psychotherapist at Floating Counselling. She is very knowledgeable in many different areas of psychology and is currently focusing a lot of her attention and coaching services on helping parents maintain their overall well-being. Celestina offers real tools and strategies to empower and educate parents to deal with their past trauma, build resilience and confidence in themselves and their child.

Today, she is going to be sharing with us some of the benefits of practicing mindfulness for our mental health.

Check it out below!

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Who is ready for the new year? I know I most certainly am! This past year has been a lot to take on mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and in some cases physically. We as a nation have endured a lot, and as a result of that, a lot of individuals have been greatly impacted by everything that has happened this year.

However, the one thing I do believe wholeheartedly that this past year has not taken away from us, and cannot take away from us, is our determination to continue to see better days.

Despite the crappy year there is a lot to be grateful for. In the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty that we have all experienced, I have created a list of 7 things to do to be prepared for the new year. Why? Well because no matter how crappy a situation may currently be, there is always something positive to look forward to.

Walking into the new year I want growth and mindset to be type of energy that I bring. Which of course means that I want this for you as well!

It’s so easy to just slip into the mindset that nothing can change until the current state of our world changes, but I strongly disagree. I believe that true change starts from within. So. let’s not end this year, nor start the new year on the wrong foot. End it strong and start the next year strong by doing these 7 things now, so that you are ready to go as soon as January 1^st comes round the corner! [Read more…]