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A potpourri of resources for developing resilience during these times

March 24, 2020 Tom Bassarear

A potpourri of resources to develop resilience

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In Afflictive states, Try This!, Well-being Tags resilience, humor, perspective, books, kindness, poems
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Mindfulness Practice During a Pandemic

March 17, 2020 Tom Bassarear

A menu of practices that can help

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In Afflictive states, Direct experience, Reframing old ideas, Try This!, Well-being, What mindfulness is/isn't Tags afflictive emotions, breath, body, thoughts, loving-kindness, compassion, distractions, gratitude, dailygood.org
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Mortality and now

March 3, 2020 Tom Bassarear

Mindfulness with grief and of mortality

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Stories from me, Well-being Tags reminders, death, 5 Daily Reflections, Castaneda, Levine, grief, mortality
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Five metaphors related to water

February 25, 2020 Tom Bassarear

These metaphors can help us choose helpful actions during crises.

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In Afflictive states, Metaphor, Reframing old ideas, Stories from me Tags tsunami, riptide, storms, anchor, ocean liner, white knuckling, patience, perspective, hopelessness, faith, surrender, fighting, discernment, delusion
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Cultivating self-compassion

February 4, 2020 Tom Bassarear

Three practices that can held develop more self-compassion

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In Afflictive states, Direct experience, Metaphor, Stories from others, Try This!, Well-being Tags Dalai Lama, Kristen Neff, self-esteem, fight, flight, freeze, common humanity, self-kindness, rumination
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Are you sure?

January 21, 2020 Tom Bassarear

Asking ourselves this simple question can be life-saving

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In Afflictive states, Metaphor, Related fields, Stories from others Tags Thich Nhat Hanh, optical illusions, motivated reasoning
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Our three intelligences

December 31, 2019 Tom Bassarear

A powerful way of expanding one’s practice

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Well-being, Direct experience, Stories from me Tags Sucitto, 3 intelligences, Parker Palmer, embodied awareness, irritation
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Whack-a-mole

December 17, 2019 Tom Bassarear

A mindfulness perspective on an arcade game

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Metaphor, Try This!, Stories from others, Related fields Tags Whack-a-mole, Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, chocolate, RAIN
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Bringing mindfulness to colds and the flu

December 3, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Attitude and strategies can make such a difference.

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In Afflictive states, Reframing old ideas, Try This!, Direct experience Tags attitude, pain, unwanted
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Mindfulness During the Holiday Season

November 19, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Some thoughts and suggestions for reducing stress

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Metaphor, Try This!, Related fields Tags holidays, stress, insanity, 5-3-1 practice, STOP practice
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Our Language Shapes How We See the World

November 12, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Reflections on common words we use

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In Afflictive states, Metaphor, Reframing old ideas Tags homelessness, autism, cancer, sin, hope, faith, trust
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The Healing Power of Nature

October 21, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Spending time in nature can be so restorative

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In Afflictive states, Related fields, Stories from me Tags chipmunk, tre, forest
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Busyness

October 14, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Try a 21 Day Exploration to develop a new habit or let go of an old habit

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Stories from others, Stories from me Tags habit energy, hurrying
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Groundhog Day: How long until you move on?

September 30, 2019 Tom Bassarear

What we know about how to move on

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Metaphor Tags Thich Nhat Hanh, Indigenous, 5 aggregates, responding, reacting, neuroplasticity, Victor Frankl
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Mindful Listening: Not Simple or Easy, and So Important

September 23, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Listening is becoming a lost art

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Well-being, Reframing old ideas, Stories from others Tags civil, receiving, McClintock, othering
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Metaphor: focusing

September 16, 2019 Tom Bassarear

The metaphor of focusing can change how we see a situation in our lives

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In Metaphor, Afflictive states, Buddhism Tags stress, pain, marriage, soften, Nepal
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Letting go of anger, resentment, shame and other afflictive emotions

September 2, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Letting go is important, but we can’t dictate when it happens.

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Direct experience, Metaphor, Stories from others Tags Cape Cod, Thich Nhat Hanh, mountains, resentment, Internal Family Systems, Goenka
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Making mountains out of molehills

August 26, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Mindfulness helps us to transform those mountains back into molehills

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In Afflictive states, Metaphor, Stories from others Tags Thich Nhat Hanh, pain, meditation retreat
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Complementary practices toward unwanted parts of ourselves

August 12, 2019 Tom Bassarear

I describe how a new model of psychotherapy and mindfulness meditation can work together in dealing with our unwanted parts

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Related fields, Metaphor Tags Internal Family Systems, beavers, Richard Schwartz, John Makransky, Jack Kornfield, not good enough
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The RAIN practice

June 24, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Recognize, accept, investigate (non-conceptually), non-identification

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In Afflictive states, Buddhism, Direct experience, Stories from others, Stories from me Tags RAIN, recognize, accept, investigate, non-identification, intention, contracted, Thich Nhat Hanh, Richard Schwartz, Internal Family Systems
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