Feeling lonely without the presence and comfort of other people is completely valid and natural to experience. But you are not alone! There’s plenty of explanation for why you’re feeling this way — and how to cope.
How can mindfulness help us learn to surf these wild, precarious waves of what’s going on today? And, how, if you’re new to mindfulness, might you begin to take refuge in a practice?
If you’re feeling anxious or worried about having to return to an office setting soon, you are not alone. It’s normal and valid to need a period of adjustment to office life and being around multiple people after weeks of stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines.
We hide our need for help behind our pride. We hide it behind our fake-it-until-you make it competency. We hide it out of a desperate fear that asking for help will make us seem foolish or weak. Asking for help leaves us emotionally vulnerable – exposed in the bright light of all of our supposed flaws.
Genuine connection results from a well-regulated nervous system. Mindfulness can help you regulate your nervous system by regaining connection to your environment through your senses. Read on to learn more!
We sat down with four of our nation’s heroes from Veteran’s PATH, an organization (and eM Life Vibe Tribes charity partner) that builds a community of support for veterans, offering mindfulness, wellness and meditation tools. where they share real-world advice for developing resilience, facing uncertainty and more based on their experiences in their time in active duty, combat, transitioning back into civilian life, plus the integral role mindfulness played in their journey along the way.
Compassion is hard. It requires the willingness to be present with suffering, extending ourselves and widening our circle of compassion. Compassion is a response to the suffering of others that shows understanding, care, and concern.
Most of us are more familiar with hypersomnia’s raucous cousin – insomnia. While insomnia keeps us tossing and turning all night, hypersomnia does the opposite. It keeps us droopy-eyed during daylight.
We seem to be in the midst of a leadership crisis. Executives at Fortune 500 companies, media moguls and politicians have all made headlines recently for everything from inappropriate relationships to financial double dealing to quid-pro-quo arrangements and outright fraud. Dubious leadership along with the increasing complexity of the modern work-a-day world has many of … Continued
Mindful movement practices provide a complement to mindful practices which are done in stillness. Engaging in both types of practice helps us create a more mindful life.