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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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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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Loving-kindness meditation

July 29, 2019 Tom Bassarear

A powerful and central meditation

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In Buddhism, Try This!, Well-being, What mindfulness is/isn't, Stories from others, Direct experience, Stories from me Tags David Whyte, Naomi Shihab Nye, Kindness, intentions, variations, obstacles, authentic
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Remembering to be compassionate and kind

July 22, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Four practices to help us remember, because we can forget so easily!

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In Buddhism, Try This!, Metaphor, Stories from others Tags morning practice, metaphor, gasoline, anchors, cues, bigger picture, compassion, kindness
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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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First blog

June 19, 2019 Tom Bassarear

This post introduces me and my goals for the blog

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In Reframing old ideas, Buddhism, Well-being, Related fields, Try This!, What mindfulness is/isn't, Stories from me Tags Rumi, Thich Nhat Hanh, Epiphany
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