Kansas City Missouri City Hall Black Lives Matter Protest June 2020Pam Hausner
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Mindfulness in the thick of conflict

As I try to write this post with the goal of how mindfulness helps us in responding to the turmoil of 2020, I keep getting lost on how to honestly address it. While the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared in 2020, the other massively critical…
Pyramid of sea pebbles on a sunny sand beach. Life balance and harmony concept
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Meditation for Managing Pain or Discomfort

When you're in pain, it impacts more than just your body. It spills over to your emotions, thoughts, and interactions with other people. The widespread use of opioids shows the desperation to find a way to manage chronic pain. Mindfulness meditation…

How to deal with difficult news

Life can feel a bit upside-down during all the stay-at-home and self-quarantines directions. If you're like me, not only are you distanced from family and friends, it seems like every time you get a news update things have just gotten worse. As…

How to handle someone else’s anger

When someone else is angry, it can trigger all sorts of responses including our natural defenses, a sense of overwhelm, underlying self-doubts, or a combination of many internal playlists. Those defensive mechanisms are there to protect us,…