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Tara Moorman, PhD, LPC, CPC

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On My Bookshelf: Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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“Awareness is not the same as thinking. It is a complimentary form of intelligence, a way of knowing that is at least as wonderful and as powerful, if not more so, than thinking.” Jon Kabat- Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living

Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of my heroes.  I’m not kidding. He is one of the amazing humans that we can credit with bringing mindfulness to the West and packaging it in a way that our Western minds could really latch on to. [Read more…] about On My Bookshelf: Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

On My Bookshelf: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

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“To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.” Thich Nhat Hanh The Miracle of Mindfulness

This may be the greatest truth that I’ve discovered.  I PREACH mindfulness, y’all. I can get really soap-boxy about the Present Moment- loud voice, wild gesticulations…the whole thing.  Thich Nhat Hanh’s voice on the subject is both more authoritative (he has the teachings, the years of dedicated practice, and the life experiences to back him up) and more gentle.   [Read more…] about On My Bookshelf: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

Wake up in this Moment: Part 2

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Ok. So I hope that you’ve given yourself the opportunity to wake up in the present moment and find the serenity that lives there. If you haven’t quite found the serenity part, I’m going to posit that you’re mind is still being a sneaky dreamer. It’s still pulling strands of the past and future into your awareness and has you believing that it’s real and true in the present moment. Keep working at this. You’ll catch your mind’s sneaky business if you keep at it. [Read more…] about Wake up in this Moment: Part 2

Wake Up in This Moment: Part 1

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I don’t know about you, but I spend a lot of time in a dream state – and not because I’m curled up in my comfy bed snoozing (I LOVE true sleep SO much!). I spend a lot of time dreaming about the past and the future. My mind flies toward sparkly nuggets of past conversations and events, and it also likes to wander into the future looking for interesting little jewels of possibility. [Read more…] about Wake Up in This Moment: Part 1

The Key is Inside. It’s Called Choice

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“The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.” —George Elliot

Y’all! I can get so stuck. I mean, I can get so wound up in my own head about changes I want to make and things I want to do that I find myself paralyzed. Sitting there staring at my closet (My closet is at the foot of my bed making it the center of my visual universe late at night when I’m stuck in the middle of the big Overwhelm) and doing absolutely nothing else. Well, I’m not doing anything in the Real World anyway. Nothing but sitting and staring. And breathing. Thank goodness I don’t have to think about breathing! [Read more…] about The Key is Inside. It’s Called Choice