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The Secret Sauce That Accelerates Results to a Different Stratosphere
Today, we start an exploration into the dynamics of trust. The overall topic we are still exploring that this falls under is creating effective action for optimal results. When it comes to powerful engagement and effective action I cannot think of any dynamic more...
What Is The Chewy Caramel Center of Mindfulness?
Being present in the moment is the heart of Mindfulness. It is the chewy caramel center. It truly is delicious. Not always fun. But always life-giving. Being present. Sounds so simple. Yet, it is not so simple to live. I think the phrase “being present” or...
What Is The Number One Practice That Supports Being Present?
In my view, the number one practice we can employ to support us in being in the present moment is “attending to breath.” I say this with a bit of equivocation, because there are so many things we can consider that are immensely useful in supporting being present....
Once You’re “Being Present,” Then What?
In Monday’s blog post, we explored how intentionally attending to breath enables you to become more present. The big question for many is, “Once I have calmed my mind and cleared extraneous thoughts through paying attention to my breathing, then what? What is...
Figuring Out The Why
We’ve been talking about taming our brain through mindfulness practices…specifically the attending to breath as a meditative practice. This practice can enable us to interrupt the endless automatic flow of non-intentional thought and hone our inner observer to...
Interrupting Perpetual Motion
Silence and solitude were two ancient spiritual disciplines that were practiced in almost every major world religion. Yet, through the centuries, as modernity took hold, they fell out of favor and practice with the vast majority of people. Today, they are making a...
An Amazingly Effective New Practice
The number of practices you can engage in taming your brain are almost endless. Today, consider an amazing game changing practice you can add to your taming the brain disciplines. First, why do we need to tame the brain? Because it is a survival machine and is...
The Link Between Valhrona Cocoa & Endless Possibilities
Practicing presence (aka mindfulness) is one of the foundational disciplines when it comes to taming the brain. As Jon Kabat-Zinn says, “Mindfulness is moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness, cultivated by paying attention.” Sounds easy, but runs completely...
Why Leave Two-Thirds of Your Assets on the Sidelines?
Would you want to go into any challenging contest with only one third of your ability and assets in play? That is often what we do in life. Have you ever heard the phrase (or something like it), “Let me get my head on straight, and then I’ll be ready to go.”...
The Most Ignored Form of Intelligence
It seems that out of our three internal intelligence sources, the mind, emotions and body, the one most ignored—by far—is our body. In our culture, when our body intelligence is signaling pain, stress, or anxiety—our tendency is to medicate it to disconnect from...