mindfulness Archives - Barbara Demone https://www.barbarademone.com/tag/mindfulness/ Good Morning, Life! Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:39:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 182790552 My New Year’s gift to you https://www.barbarademone.com/my-new-years-gift-to-you/ https://www.barbarademone.com/my-new-years-gift-to-you/#comments Sun, 07 Jan 2024 02:03:13 +0000 https://barbarademone.com/?p=5006 It’s the beginning of a new year and I wish you a happy year. I have a gift for you that I hope will help it be so. Although we may not have met, know that you’re important. As you’re reading this, and if you’ve read Good Morning, Life! or any of my social media...

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]]> https://www.barbarademone.com/my-new-years-gift-to-you/feed/ 1 5006 “This is Torture” and How Perspectives Impact Happiness https://www.barbarademone.com/this-is-torture-and-how-perspectives-impact-happiness/ Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:52:52 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=4314 “This is torture”, I heard from the woman standing next to me. I was standing in line waiting for food at a Wendy’s restaurant in the Montego Bay airport. The woman beside me was visibly annoyed due to the long wait. The words struck me like a bolt. I’m aware of the negativity bias we...

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]]> 4314 An unexpected lesson on sustainability https://www.barbarademone.com/an-unexpected-lesson-on-sustainability/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:48:31 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1868 My 14-year-old woke his Gen-Xer mom to her unhealthy consumer mindset. After school one day last week, my son announced he was interested in improving his wardrobe. He wanted me to take him shopping for new clothes. This was music to my ears. “Wow”, I thought, “he cares about how he looks and doesn’t want...

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]]> 1868 Purpose – Part 1: What’s your end game? https://www.barbarademone.com/purpose-part-1-whats-your-end-game/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:45:17 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1681 With a clear purpose and vision our life and business can soar, and happiness can be at the core. I just finished reading the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, the late CEO of Zappos.com. Zappos is a successful company (purchased by Amazon in 2009 for $1.2 billion) known for its workplace culture, where happiness...

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]]> 1681 Love like you love your cat https://www.barbarademone.com/love-like-you-love-your-cat/ https://www.barbarademone.com/love-like-you-love-your-cat/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2022 22:02:12 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1341 This Valentine’s Day my cat Jackie reminds me what unconditional love is and the importance of having an open heart. As I woke up and reached over to stroke my cat Jackie’s furry coat and gently kiss his head while he purred softly, a feeling of unconditional love washed over me. I wondered aloud, how...

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]]> https://www.barbarademone.com/love-like-you-love-your-cat/feed/ 2 1341 The dance of a lifetime https://www.barbarademone.com/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/ https://www.barbarademone.com/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:14:12 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1254 I don’t think I truly realized how much I love to dance until I was much older in life. As a kid my mom enrolled me and my siblings in Scottish highland dance lessons. My sisters and I would practice by dancing around rulers at home. It was fun but felt like work, as it...

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]]> https://www.barbarademone.com/the-dance-of-a-lifetime/feed/ 2 1254 How I learned to tame my anxious energy https://www.barbarademone.com/how-i-learned-to-tame-my-anxious-energy/ https://www.barbarademone.com/how-i-learned-to-tame-my-anxious-energy/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2021 02:50:00 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1236 I realized that I have an anxious energy problem during my first coaching experience. It came early in my career when my company had a Life Coach, Joshua Zuchter, come in to deliver a wellness session. He was engaging, insightful and full of optimism, hope and positivity. When he offered a complimentary one-on-one coaching session,...

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]]> 1099 Labels and limitations – the good, the bad and the ugly https://www.barbarademone.com/labels-and-limitations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:38:14 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1055 We use labels to describe each other based on characteristics, gender, roles, backgrounds, affiliations, etc. The labels are limitless but their impacts can be limiting. Depending on how identified we are with these labels they can restrain our behaviour, actions and growth. The “Shy” Girl When I was young, I could have been considered “shy”...

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]]> 1055 Mindful media: Is social media friend or foe? https://www.barbarademone.com/mindful-media-is-social-media-friend-or-foe/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 17:32:33 +0000 https://goodmorninglife.net/?p=1045 Social media is like our mind and mindfulness is the key to making it a friend My family and I recently spent a beautiful summer evening on the lakefront in a nearby town. We had a picnic and took a stroll along the water, enjoying the warm weather and lovely sunset. I took some social...

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