Voice of a Vet

Wrote a little something last night when I got caught in a CBT loop:

My therapist made me do it!!! (A use case for cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness)

What is mindfulness? Can it really help?

https://vetvoiceblog.com/2022/09/21/what-is-mindfulness/

Meditation and mindfulness aren't the same thing, but they often go hand in hand. This guided meditation helps you detach from over-thinking. A vital skill in this day and age. If you are interested in guided meditation, this video is for you.

Guided Meditation for Detachment From Over-Thinking (Anxiety / OCD / Depression) This meditation encourages a calm awareness of the breath, and also a gentle detachment from the habits of rumination (ie. over-thinking). This session is us...

Can you go from feeling stressed to calm in under 30 seconds? I am not sure, but the speaker in this video certainly believes so. Check out his 30 second plan to help you feel calm in any situation.

30 seconds to mindfulness | Phil Boissiere | TEDxNaperville Can you go from feeling stressed to calm in under 30 seconds? Phil Boissiere shares his simple technique to bring mindfulness to your busy life, any time, an...

If you could have one superpower what would it be? Did any of you say mindfulness? This short animated video explains why mindfulness might just be a superpower.

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Do you practice meditation? If so, what does your routine look like?

I can't say enough about the power of mindfulness.

I shared a book earlier that was all about getting into a mindful state quick. This book uses a slightly different strategy. It includes an 8-week program that is designed to help you become a more mindful person.

(BTW: Not boosting Amazon intentionally, it was just easiest to locate and post this way. https://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Eight-Week-Finding-Peace-Frantic/dp/1609618955/ )

In this pioneering talk, Dr. Shauna Shapiro draws on modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom to demonstrate how mindfulness can help us make positive changes in our brains and our lives

The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger | Shauna Shapiro | TEDxWashingtonSquare How do we change? In this pioneering talk, Dr. Shauna Shapiro draws on modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom to demonstrate how mindfulness can help us make...

I discovered mindfulness (and other meditation practices) about four years ago and it's been a GAME-CHANGER for me in terms of how I get through the day. These practices - like MINDFULNESS - have given me some "mental space" and allow me to find that extra moment to decide to RESPOND rather than REACT to any given pitch that life throws my way.

If interested in learning just a litte bit more about mindfulness, I invite you to follow the comments I made on Medium.com and Typeshare.com.

https://voiceofavet.medium.com/why-mindfulness-is-an-antidote-to-modern-living-5e9f3119c0e

Why Mindfulness is an Antidote to Modern Living As much as many of us choose to overlook it, there is a lot wrong with the way most of us currently live our lives. We evolved in an environment completely foreign to the world we live in now and…

I wasn't in the mood to put this out on yesterday's 21st anniversary of 9/11. But today, I'll share a nugget of wisdom from the Dalai Lama about resilience and hope:

"There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

I got punched in the face by a dead Russian literary giant today!

If you are morbidly curious as to WTF that actually means, I invite you all to read and consider my SHORT commentary, initially published on Medium.com

https://voiceofavet.medium.com/another-note-from-the-underground-for-your-consideration-6c1c49f9bad7

Another Note from the Underground (for your consideration) I’m sitting here on a Sunday, a not-so-wicked (злой in Russian) late forty-something year old man, re-reading a translation of Fyodor…