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Mindful Mondays: Just Drink The Coffee
For today’s Mindful Mondays post, I would like to share with you a quote from Sharon Salzberg, esteemed meditation and mindfulness...


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From Goals to Intentions: A Radical Shift
This essay first appeared on Huffington Post on March 5, 2015 My patient, Anne, lowered her voice down to a conspiratorial whisper: “You...


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Drinking Tea
This post first appeared on Huffington Post on February 26, 2015. Last week, I traveled to India with my husband and two young children....


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Mindful Monday
Mondays can be difficult for all of us. Let’s do what we can to make it feel a little better. Every Monday, my intention is to post an...


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Five Steps To Encourage Gratitude in our Children
My brain knows that gratitude is important. I know when I am in a state of gratitude–aware of my blessings, small and big, I feel happier...


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An Open Letter to my Children
This post appeared on Huffington Post on February 3, 2015 An Open Letter to my Children on my Son’s Seventh Birthday Dear Son, Today is...


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Beyond Busyness
This post appeared on the Huffington Post on January 27, 2015 I am writing this post at 2:46 in the morning on a late Sunday night/very...


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Running in the Rain
This post appeared on the Huffington Post on January 20, 2015 This past Sunday was a rainy day, unusual for sunny Southern California. I...


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The Secret To Meditating When You Think You Can’t
This post appeared on MindBodyGreen on January 9, 2015 In an ideal world, I would meditate first thing in the morning when I rise,...


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‘Teaching’ Kids Mindfulness
This post appeared on the OC MOM Magazine website on January 8, 2015 and on the Huffington Post on January 13, 2015 Can we actually teach...


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Rethinking Resolutions
This post appeared on the Tiny Buddha Blog on January 6, 2015 One Powerful Intention for the Year Ahead “When we are mindful, deeply in...


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Make 2015 Your Best Year Yet
This post appeared on the Mindful Healing blog on January 2, 2015 As a psychiatrist, I have the honor of being with people through the...


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The Gift of Time
I often wonder about how we can best nurture our children. What will our children remember most about their childhoods? Will it be the...


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My Teachers
I am continually reminded that my greatest teachers don’t arrive in the forms I expect. I am blessed to be a psychiatrist. I believe that...


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The Spirit of Change
We often want to change habits or patterns in our lives that are not serving us well–eat healthier, exercise more, stop smoking, manage...