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Remembering

January 28, 2020 Tom Bassarear

Such a simple practice can be so transformative

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In Buddhism, Metaphor, Try This! Tags Jan Chozen Bays, How to train a wild elephant, non-dominant hand, look up, beauty, new spaces, trees, blue
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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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Using technology metaphors to practice mindfulness

January 14, 2020 Tom Bassarear

These can be used playfully and have a significant impact on our daily lives

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In Metaphor, Try This!, Well-being Tags technology, metaphor, pause, email, restart, circuit breaker, unplug, playfulness
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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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Two Powerful Stories

December 10, 2019 Tom Bassarear

Each of these stories can touch something deep inside each of us.

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In Stories from others, Metaphor Tags Golden Buddha, high school, Vietnam
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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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Learnings from 21 Day Explorations

November 5, 2019 Tom Bassarear

What my students learned by bringing mindfulness to something of their choice for 21 consecutive days

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In Direct experience, Metaphor, What mindfulness is/isn't, Reframing old ideas Tags walking outside, pets, loving-kindness, eating, negative thoughts, learning to surf, pain, gratitude, being with the unwanted
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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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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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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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