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Mindful Monday
How to Get Unstuck Rumination leads to repetitive and reactive thought patterns. Positive emotionality can help to broaden your focus and options. What memory or emotion are you dwelling on? Identify a positive emotion that will motivate you to change or accept your situation. Some examples include, gratitude, hope, curiosity, joy, or confidence. …
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Mindful Monday
Curb Your Distractions Distractions are helpful when you need a (mental) break. However, they can also be procrastination in disguise. How to spot the difference: How am I feeling? What am I avoiding? What am I afraid of? Reference Woo, J. (2023). 52 Essential coping skills. Mind Brain Emotion. https://mindbrainemotion.com/
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Mindful Monday
Savoring To savor is to notice and relish. Some ways to savor the moment: Owning your accomplishment. Expressing gratitude. Luxuriating in physical comforts. Marveling with wonder. What other ways to savor the moment can you think of? Choose a way to savor something in your life today. Repeat for at least one week. …
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Mindful Monday
Staycation Are you feeling anxious or nervous? Oftentimes, the act of traveling to another place can be stressful such as, flight delays, missed flights, long airport lines, or visits with estranged family members. If these experiences resonate with you and you are feeling anxious, calm your nerves by taking a mental trip to a destination…
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Mindful Monday
Unboxing Emotions Social and cultural pressures can play a role in how we experience and express our emotions. If you had the permission to express any emotions at any level of intensity, then what would it look like for you? Reference Woo, J. (2023). 52 Essential coping skills. Mind Brain Emotion. https://mindbrainemotion.com/
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Mindful Monday
The Imposter Syndrome Are your self-doubts getting in the way of your confidence? 70% of us believe that we do not belong because we are not good enough. No one is perfect. When you feel like an imposter, remember what you have accomplished and overcome. Write a list of your accomplishments, big and small, and…
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Mindful Monday
Courageous Empathy I think we all have empathy. We may not have the courage to display it. -Maya Angelou It is easy to judge people. It is harder to understand them. Think about a person you dislike or do not agree with his/her actions. How has this person’s life circumstances led him/her to his/her beliefs…
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Mindful Monday
Just Like Me Bring to mind someone you are mad at now, in the past, or save this prompt for a future upset. Say to yourself: This person is learning about life, just like me. This person wishes to be loved, just like me. This person has suffered in the past, just like me. This…
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Mindful Monday
Role Models Perseverance is the continued effort to do something despite difficulties or failure. How would a person you admire deal with your problems? What would this person say or do to keep persisting? * After completing the first leg in Peloton’s Palomar Mountain Climb Series with Christine d’Ercole today (May 18, 2024),…
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