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Mindfulness

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Mindfulness
Appreciating the Life We Have

Willem Kuyken Ph.D. on January 15, 2025

Personal Perspective: Appreciation is a verb, an active choice to discover beauty, savor the small joyful moments, and look for the good, even amidst difficulty.

Personal Perspective: Appreciation is a verb, an active choice to discover beauty, savor the small joyful moments, and look for the good, even amidst difficulty.

Mindfulness
The 50-50 Practice

Willem Kuyken Ph.D. on January 10, 2025

People often tell me they love the 50-50 practice because it helps them keep their body in mind as an anchor, teacher, and guide throughout the day, whatever they’re doing.

People often tell me they love the 50-50 practice because it helps them keep their body in mind as an anchor, teacher, and guide throughout the day, whatever they’re doing.

Mindfulness
Coming Home to Your Body

Willem Kuyken Ph.D. on December 11, 2024

James Joyce wrote in Dubliners, “Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body.” Like Mr. Duffy, many of us don’t fully inhabit our bodies. What does befriending our body mean?

James Joyce wrote in Dubliners, “Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body.” Like Mr. Duffy, many of us don’t fully inhabit our bodies. What does befriending our body mean?

Attention
Choosing How and What to Pay Attention To

Willem Kuyken Ph.D. on November 15, 2024

Attention is one of your most important resources. What you focus on shapes what you think, your decisions, what you feel, and, ultimately, your reality.

Attention is one of your most important resources. What you focus on shapes what you think, your decisions, what you feel, and, ultimately, your reality.

Mindfulness
Waking Up in Real Life, for Life

Willem Kuyken Ph.D. on September 27, 2024

As the author Henry James opined, “It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” For this, we have to be awake, metaphorically and literally.

As the author Henry James opined, “It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” For this, we have to be awake, metaphorically and literally.