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The Happiness Plan Group Experience: Day One

February 27, 2019
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Welcome to #thehappinessplan group experience! For the next month, we’re going to be walking you through daily practices online. Each practice is taken from The Happiness Plan mindfulness guidebook. (If you want to get the most out of this next month, you can purchase the book here or here.) If you don’t have the book, all you…

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A lesson on being supported by others

February 19, 2019
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When you want to begin a new habit, it’s easy to be really inspired for the first week or two, but fall off track once the novelty wears off. If you notice this happening, bring it up with the community. It’s entirely normal to encounter enthusiasm dips, so please don’t be ashamed if you need…

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Welcome to the Happiness Plan Group Experience

February 15, 2019
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We’re so excited to be starting the one-month Happiness Plan Group Experience! Get ready to start meditating tomorrow. The event is fully digital, so you can do it from anywhere; all of our meditation prompts will be posted to Instagram at 7 a.m. each day, so be sure to follow here – and why not tag a…

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4 ways to practice mindful motherhood

Four ways mindfulness can help you manage the emotional roller coaster ride of motherhood

February 5, 2019
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Motherhood is an exhilarating spiritual journey of epic proportions where each day we are faced with the privilege of witnessing our most creative project flourish. That’s on a good day. On a bad day, it’s an exhausting, frustrating ride where we are tested beyond our limits through sleep deprivation, mastitis, stress, relationship tension, and self-doubt.…

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Expert tips on mindfulness meditation: A woman sits in lotus position meditating

Five expert tips on mindfulness meditation

February 5, 2019
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Mindfulness meditation has existed for over 2,500 years. However, over the past few years, its popularity has exploded among people curious to know more about the practice and its benefits. As a mindfulness meditation teacher and doctor, I created a global campaign, Mindful in May, six years ago. I hoped to teach people mindfulness exercises…

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Five scientific benefits of mindfulness meditation

February 5, 2019
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As a doctor working in mental health for 10 years, I’m all too familiar with the scientific benefits of mindfulness meditation. Not only have they transformed my own life and health, but also helped my clients flourish. The research I discovered compelled me to teach strategies for enhancing wellbeing and happiness. I created Mindful in…

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Four ways mindfulness enhances your happiness

February 5, 2019
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“It is the mind that translates good and bad circumstances into happiness or misery. So happiness comes with the purging of mental toxins, such as hatred, compulsive desire, arrogance and jealousy, which literally poison the mind. It also requires that one cease to distort reality and that one cultivate wisdom.” Matthieu Ricard Mindfulness is an effective…

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how to mindfully manage a tantrum: Mother in a field holds her baby and some balloons

How to Mindfully Manage a Tantrum

February 5, 2019
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Motherhood is an exhilarating spiritual journey of epic proportions where each day we are faced with the privilege of witnessing our most creative project flourish. That’s on a good day. On a bad day, it’s an exhausting, frustrating ride where we are tested beyond our limits through sleep deprivation, tantrums, mastitis, stress, relationship tension, and…

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mindfulness for social media addiction

Overcome your social media addiction with mindfulness

February 5, 2019
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Have you ever found yourself up late at night scrolling through Facebook when you were meant to be going to sleep? You’re not alone. Social media addiction is becoming an increasing problem. As technology develops exponentially, at the click of a button we can access an infinite amount of information. With this privilege comes the…

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Sneak peek: Mindful in May with Mark Nepo

April 9, 2018
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Last year one of the most popular guest video interviews amongst more than 16 that were offered as part of the Mindful in May program was with the poetic and very wise Mark Nepo.  If you missed it, get inspired about what’s to come by watching this 2-minute video trailer where he shares reflections from…

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