Mindful Living

June 1, 2012

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What Is a Tool?

Phil Stutz, M.D. | Posted June 1, 2012

Read More: Mental Health, Mental Health Therapy, Mental Health Tools, Psychiatrist, Emotional Intelligence, Psychotherapist, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Therapy Tools, Tools For Therapy, Tools In Therapy, Tools Therapy

As a therapist, the No. 1 complaint I hear from patients is that therapy takes too long to work. Why do we have to wait for what seems like forever for change to begin?

When I set about developing a new, more dynamic kind of therapy I wanted to give...

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Remembering Maggie Kuhn: Gray Panthers Founder On The 5 Myths Of Aging

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Gray Panther Founder Maggie Kuhn, Maggie Kuhn, Aging, Aging Gracefully, Gray Panthers, Meaning, Potential, Purpose, Reinvention

This post is the second part of a recently unearthed interview I conducted with prophetic Gray Panther Founder Maggie Kuhn in 1978. You can read part one here. Her compassion, vision, wisdom and futuristic ideas can be found in every passage. Enjoy!

Ken Dychtwald: Many older men and...

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Get Out Of Bed At Your Own Risk

Karin Kasdin | Posted May 31, 2012

Read More: Cancer Risk, Boomers, Brazilian Blowout, Calcium Supplements, Fifty, Health, Health Studies, Osteoporosis

Ahhhh! What a beautiful day to be alive and healthy! I have risen with a resplendent sun and am eager to greet the inchoate new day. My husband's snoring kept me up all night, but I will not let that deter me from taking full advantage of the day I...

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Holy Ink: The Spirituality of Tattoos (PHOTOS)

Jacob D. Myers | Posted May 30, 2012

Read More: Religious Art, Slideexpand, Spirit, Spiritual Development, Spiritual Journey, Spirituality, Tattoo Artists, Tattoos

My wife got her first tattoo this weekend. It's a lovely piece, one that she's been contemplating for most of our 14-year partnership. The wait was worth it! I myself have a number of tattoos, but the ones I'm really proud of came from a little tattoo parlor in Copenhagen,...

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Downtime: A Life's Work in Question

Carol Orsborn | Posted May 30, 2012

Read More: Corporate Culture, Mindful Living, Self-Help, Sleep Deprivation, Spirituality, Travel, Vacation, Work-Life Balance, Workaholics

In the late 1980s, I had a breakthrough realization about life balance that resulted in my first books, "Enough is Enough" and "Inner Excellence." In brief, I was among a vanguard of corporate visionaries who believed that human beings deserve at least as much downtime for maintenance as our machines....

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Liberating Aging

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted May 30, 2012

Read More: Gray Panther Founder Maggie Kuhn, Maggie Kuhn, Aging, Aging Gracefully, Gray Panthers, Meaning, Potential, Purpose, Reinvention

Maggie Kuhn was a woman far ahead of her time. She was both a visionary and a role model for young and old, attesting to our potential for strength, worth and beauty in the later years. I'm also honored to say that she was my friend and mentor.

In...

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Death: Sacred, Necessary, Real

Rev. Michael Dowd | Posted May 30, 2012

Read More: Afterlife, Death, Death &Amp; Dying, Death And Dying, Heaven And Hell, Religion, Religion And Science, Science, Video

Everything we value is possible only because of death. The ancients couldn't have known this truth revealed by science. We can no longer afford to remain ignorant of it; the cost is too high. Death is no less sacred than life.

Most people, whether religious or not, are tragically...

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The Trait I Never Knew I Had Until I Became A Mom

Farah L. Miller | Posted May 29, 2012

Read More: Colic, Colic Remedies, Dancing With Kids, Fun Mom, Funny Faces, Parents Being Silly, Parents-Moms, Parents-Toddlers, Trick To Make Toddlers Happy

A storm had just passed. She was dressed for rain, in her Hello Kitty boots. We were waiting by the front stoop for my husband. The puddle I chose was dirty, but exactly the right size for maximum splash. I had my rain-boots on too -- navy blue, no cats....

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Lessons From Life's Last Moments

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted May 29, 2012

Read More: End Of Life, Mind-Body Connection, Death And Dying, Meditation, Mindfulness, Suicide, Taoism

Recently I received the sad news that a college classmate had taken his own life. The occasion put me back in touch with my freshman-year roommate, and we had a nice exchange of e-mail notes. In one of them, he related something I said to him the day we graduated,...

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A Road Trip Of A Lifetime

Sarah Hall | Posted May 29, 2012

Read More: Kidney Donations, Kidney Transplant, Napa Valley, Road Trips, Sisters, Travel Blogs, Us Destinations

Who doesn't remember their first road trip? The windows down and the perfectly blue sky overhead, the feeling of endless possibility that can only occur when the journey means more than the outcome, singing along to your favorite mix tape with your best friend in the co-pilot seat.

If...

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America's Vacation Deficit Disorder

William D. Chalmers | Posted May 29, 2012

Read More: American Exceptionalism, Anexity, Antidepressants, Depression, Public Policy, Sleep Disorders, Travel, Travel Blogs, Vacations

The warning signs are all there.

They are on exhibit for all to see in our national levels of: anxiety and depression, obesity and heart attacks, absenteeism and job burnout, sleep deprivation and the use of chemicals to help keep us awake.

The $64,000 question is: What would you...

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The Downside of Planning

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted May 28, 2012

Read More: Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living Health News, Goal Setting, Goals, How To Achieve Goals, Intentions, New Research, Psychological Research, Success And Motivation

For most of us, life is just too busy. It is hard to do everything you want and need to do in a day. If you're lucky, then your failures are not that systematic. One day, you get to the gym, but don't get to relax with a book. Another...

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Memorial Day: Honor the Fallen, Remember the Living

Dave Helfert | Posted May 27, 2012

Read More: Mental Health, Honoring Veterans, Memorial Day, Honoring Fallen Soldiers, Memorial Day 2012, Memorial Day Veterans, Military Service, Ptsd, Ptsd War Veterans, Veterans, Veterans PTSD

In 1868, the nation set aside the last Monday in May to remember and honor those who had died in her battles. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, and people placed wreaths and bouquets on the graves of the fallen from the Civil War.

One hundred forty-four years later...

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Accessing Your Own Bottomless Well of Beauty: A Personal Account

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted May 27, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a yoga festival conveniently located right down the street from me in Santa Monica. On the first day of this Tadasana Festival, the co-founder (and yoga instructor) Tommy Rosen was conducting a provocatively titled class -- "Getting High: Yoga and the Infinite...

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Take Time to Make This Day a Memorial Day

Rachael Freed | Posted May 26, 2012

Read More: Honoring Veterans, Memorial Day, Family, Gps-Soul, Holidays, Honor, Legacy, Legacy-Writing, Memorial Day 2012, Mindful Living, Names, Tradition

Traditionally Memorial Day is to honor the memories of those we've lost, particularly those who sacrificed their lives in military service for our country. In contemporary practice, some visit cemeteries to plant flowers at graves, some attend memorial services with their religious community, but typically we celebrate this long weekend...

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The Rejection Letter That Renewed My Sense Of Purpose

Georgia Middleman | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Kenny Loggins, Blue Sky Riders, Blue Sky Riders Band, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Nashville, Reinvention, Songwriting

Singer/songwriters Kenny Loggins, Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman recently formed the new band Blue Sky Riders, and were profiled by Huff/Post50 in February. They are finishing their first album and will be chronicling their experiences as a band in this blog.

There's a place in Nashville where every...

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Overcoming Stigma and Improving Mental Health in America

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted May 25, 2012

Written in collaboration with Deepa Kannappan

Although an estimated 44 million adults and 13.7 million children in America have a diagnosable mental disorder each year, the issue of mental health remains surrounded by stigma and misunderstanding. This May marks the 63rd anniversary of Mental Health Month, but the...

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Changes to Mental Health Diagnosis Could Impact Caregivers

Leann Reynolds | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Mental Health, Family Caregiving, Healthy Living Health News, Anxiety, Caregiver, Caregiver Tips, Caregiving, Depression, Dsm 5

How mental health professionals diagnose their patients could be changing and therefore affect patients, families, and caregivers after 2013.

According to the American Psychiatric Association:

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders that is...

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How Often Do You Make a Moral Compromise?

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Emotional Intelligence, Ethics, Mindfulness, Moral Choice, Moral Compromise, Moral Decisions, Morality, Values, Wisdom

The other day I took a personality quiz and one of the questions was, "Do you compromise on moral issues?" (often, occasionally, rarely, never). It gave me pause to think about "moral compromise" and where that fits into my day-to-day life. I checked "rarely" and went about the day, but...

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The Esalen Institute And The Human Potential Movement Turn 50

Debra Ollivier | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Consciousness Raising, Dick Price, Human Potential Movement, Michael Murphy, New Age, Baby Boomers, Esalen, Slideexpand, Social And Personal Transformation, Spirituality

In 1962, on a stunning stretch of land bordering the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur, California, two Stanford graduates named Michael Murphy and Dick Price founded a small retreat and workshop center called The Esalen Institute, otherwise known simply as Esalen. Their goal was to create a space...

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