Category: Mindfulness

Free Mindfulness Course

I highly recommend this online Palouse Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course. It is 100% free, created by a fully certified MBSR instructor, and is based on the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. They have more than 8,000 graduates from 120 countries who have completed all the course requirements. See

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Insight Timer

This is a great, free app, that you can get on Apple and Google Play. Insight Timer offers Mental Health and Wellbeing Tips and Guides, Science and Research, Spirituality, Meditations. Most of this is free, but you can get access to more courses with the +Plus version. I have been using the free version for

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Values

Ever wonder if you have the right people in your life? Take a moment to learn what your values are, and find people to share them with. You don’t have to surround yourself with people whose life experiences are similar to yours. It sometimes helps to be with people who feel like a outsiders. Keep

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Custom solutions for all

Just read an article on a new approach for dealing with autism in Therapist.com. Task driven steps. One professor had an autistic student who was always interrupting the class by talking loudly. He gave the student the task of looking up things he talked about while he lectured, which gave the student an additional function

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Take time away

Social media is a great tool to keep in touch with people, but can also, ironically, isolate people. Providing false images of people’s seemingly perfect lives can cause mental health problems such as depression, and insecurity. Always remember to take time for yourself, and if possible, go outside for a walk, or spend some time

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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)

I have over the years, had some parents who struggle with an unruly child. It can be difficult to see what is the best approach. Is it something unstoppable, or is it something that can be fixed? If so, what path should you take? I found this publication recently on Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD): Symptoms,

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Help for improving your life

I have many clients that struggle with improving specific aspects of their life and we typically sit down and discuss plans to work on those areas. However, there are many things people can do to help improve their overall life with improvements in basic habits. I found an article in Psychology Today that helps to

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Your expectations may be the enemy

I just found a new article on expectations, and how we can create problems for ourselves by expecting things from others, especially if we expect them to behave as we behave. Realising that your expectations may be making you unhappy could be a key to changing the way you think, and then how you feel.

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