The Talk: During busy seasons, we spend so much of the day in our heads. When we finally sit down for a breather, we notice with surprise that our body is thirsty or hungry or headachy. But this isn’t a great plan for our emotional health. To stay emotionally healthy and whole (especially when life is busy), we need to get our bodies involved. 

The Meditation: Step out of your head and into your body by imagining your body as a flowing emotional river.

The Talk: Thich Nhat Hanh describes mindfulness as the difference between “real” and “ghost”. This mindfulness talk uses the simple french fry to explain this complex concept. Hopefully by the end, you’ll have a new understanding of this aspect of mindfulness.

The Meditation: This meditation has us finding a piece of food and using it to explore a physical meditation practice.

Mindfulness Talk: Little bits of negativity stick to us like staticky socks, making us feel...off. As we interact with our people, our normal words and actions reflect that subtle off-ness. Intention matters. So what do we do when we realize we are...off?

Meditation: A meditation for becoming aware of our off-ness, and shedding the subtle negative intention.

The Talk: Olympians have evolved from mental health strategies of “zoning out” to better strategies of mindfulness. Mindfulness brings us into conversation with ourselves.

The Meditation: Using an Olympic moment to tap into our own memories.

The Talk: Did you know that everything in nature breaks in the same way? There is a valuable lesson in this, especially when we are in a season of breaking.

The Meditation: Using the image of breaks and crinkles to find peace within a season of breaking.

Knowing the difference is crucial to giving ourselves some holiday grace.   

Navigating our current world of cynicism.

A Values Affirmation Exercise