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HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE MINDFUL

How to know if you are mindful?  To be mindful is to be fully aware, to live in the present moment with acceptance, gratitude and kindness to yourself.  Children are naturally mindful, but as we grow up we start to lose this natural inclination.  We start planning and worrying about the future, multi-tasking in our keep reading

Are You On The Hedonic Treadmill?

What, you may ask, is a hedonic treadmill??!!   I first heard the term from Ronald Seigel, Psy.D., at a conference put on by Harvard Medical school on positive psychotherapy and resilience.  I’m sure you have heard the terms hedonism and hedonist, the pursuit of and the person who prioritizes pleasure.  A hedonist will pursue pleasure keep reading