Wellness
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My Favorite Mindfulness Practices
I’m an anxious person, and have been most of my life. Read about my journey with anxiety and how I’ve beat with without medication, and how mindfulness is such a big part of my journey. I wanted to dive deeper into that. Mindfulness is being present in the moment. Often life gets us so worked up and it’s hard to focus on the present moment. We’re thinking about what projects are due at work at the end of the week, we’re thinking about what bills need to be paid, and we’re thinking about things around the house that need to be completed. We’re worried about the future all the time. …
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Define Yourself By What You Love
While scrolling through Facebook one day, I ran across a video of Tim Minchin giving a speech at the commencement ceremony for The University of Western Australia. His speech was wonderful and quite entertaining, but one thing he said really struck a chord with me. While taking about the nine life lessons, he mentioned that it’s important to define yourself by what you love. He goes on to tell the students to be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff. I saw this video at a time in my life where I had just left a job and was wondering what my next step would be. I wanted to find a career…
