One of the most uncomfortable experiences in contemporary life seems to be waiting: we’ll do practically anything to avoid it. From the small screens of our smart phones and internet browsers we expect immediate connection to what’s going on with our work, friends, blogs, social media pages, internet dating messages and on; a people hooked […]
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I’m about to share a tool that may at first appear trivial. At least, that’s how it first appeared to me. In a million years, I never would have thought it could have such a profound impact on my life. The simple technique is… wait for it… to take a pause between tasks. That’s it.
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Back in the late 1970s, Jon Kabat-Zinn realized the potential value the 2,500 Buddhist meditation and awareness technique called sati—commonly translated into English as “mindfulness”—would have in therapeutic settings if it was stripped of its spiritual trappings and presented as a course in stress reduction. And so secular mindfulness was born, the wholsesale transformation of
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In life we can expect to face many difficult decisions, exhausting conundrums and cliffhangers exemplified by The Clash’s old, catchy track “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” For example, making up one’s mind about sticking with or getting out of a stressful job, a rocky relationship, a risky opportunity and so on can make
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