Stress LESS through Mindful Living®
In 2012, we at the Mindful Living Network asked how safe are our schools. It was just after the Sandy Hook shooting when the country was still reeling from the news. It’s been five years since then and we’ve yet to end gun violence. Things seem to be getting worse, not better. Yesterday, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz…
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Religious centers, schools, and family homes—these are supposed to be our safe spaces, but with our country’s high record of gun violence, no space is truly safe anymore. Gun Violence and the Las Vegas Shooting Just one month after the Las Vegas shooting, where nearly 500 people were injured and 58 people were killed, another…
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On August 25th, Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm, made landfall between Port Arkansas and Port O’Connor, Texas. The storm has devastated Houston and the Gulf Coast of Texas. FEMA estimated that 30,000 people will now be seeking shelter and 450,000 may qualify for federal flood victim assistance. Thus far, 30 people have lost their lives.…
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Most of us race through our lives. Some of us live lives of habituation. When we are unaware of our daily choices and responses, we are living mindlessly. We can become a zombie and lose consciousness of our precious life. We can find ourselves being “swept away” by the current of our thoughts, feelings, worries,…
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The recent suicide of 12-year-old Mallory Grossman has shocked and devastated not only Mallory’s family and her community but people like me from around the world. Her parents disclosed that their daughter died following months of being bullied by classmates both online and in person. I was brokenheartedly watching the television, with tears streaming down…
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As children rejoice with the start of summer, parents everywhere begin to experience terror. How can parents concentrate at work with visions of their kids home alone fighting and setting kitchen fires? And how can they enjoy the simple pleasures of summer when they are in a constant state of fear? For every physical danger…
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Students, parents, teachers and administrators are unbelievably stressed during test-taking time about these critical exams because the test results often determine a child’s future placement in school and are increasingly seen as a measure of teacher and school competence. Here are a few tips how to maximize test scores. When my daughter was studying for…
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We live in a world where anger is viewed as a negative emotion that should be avoided because anger can damage others and ourselves. Anger is an emotion in our culture that is to be “managed,” thus the growth of anger management classes. We tend to think of anger as destructive, negative emotion, but research…
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Revolution isn’t for the fainthearted. Important rights that were long denied to women (such as the right to vote) were not given but fought for. It took tenacity and innumerable sacrifices. Now it’s up to us. Today, women and men are fighting together for “a more inclusive, gender equal world.” This is the year for International…
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The election has stressed out over half of American adults and it has caused a political divide in our country. But now, after over a year of angst and arguments, the 2016 election cycle (and the political stress) is finally over. Whether you are elated or disappointed by the results, it’s now time that we…
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