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What Being (Temporarily) Disabled Has Taught Me

What Being (Temporarily) Disabled Has Taught Me

I’ve been through a rough patch lately. Things seem to happen in bunches and this past fall the bunch hit me big time. Everything was fixable - and for that I’m grateful - but it was way more than I’m used to. It started with cataracts that went from a minor annoyance to sight-threatening very...

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Mindfulness is The Foundation for Long Term Weight Loss

Mindfulness is The Foundation for Long Term Weight Loss

How many times have you lost weight and gained all or most of it back? If you have, you’re in good company, that’s what happens to most people. In a meta-analysis of 29 long-term weight loss studies, more than half of the lost weight was regained within two years, and by five years more than 80%...

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Taking mindfulness practice off the cushion and into the kitchen

Taking mindfulness practice off the cushion and into the kitchen

I’ve always been interested in contemplative practice, and over the years I’ve studied with teachers from Buddhist, Christin and Jewish traditions. On several occasions I asked the teacher, “How do I bring this practice into everyday life?” The answer was always the same, “Keep at it, it will...

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