Knowing Pain
Hello pain. It’s me, Monisha. I know. When we think of pain, we think of a difficult thought, situation, feeling, reaction, physical...
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Expanding Time
My patient sat quietly, his hands resting in his lap, gazing out the window. Therapy. We had already covered the major areas of life,...
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A Moment of Gratitude
I have been working hard at gratitude lately. I know that sounds kind of strange to say. I always imagined that being thankful would...
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New Year’s Resolution Part 2
In last week’s post, I shared my intention to bring a little more laughter into my life. It is amazing how something so simple, can...
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My New Year’s Resolution
As I write this, the clock reads 11:37 pm, and it is Friday night. I am sitting in my darkened bedroom, typing as quietly as possible...
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How To Start
An astute reader read my post last week, and wrote to me, “Thank you for sharing the ‘why” of your mindfulness practice…but do you mind...
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Coming Full Circle
About a month ago, I facilitated a mindfulness session for a group of about fifteen people. It was a group of engaged, young...
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Who Am I Without My Labels?
I am so happy to be back after my month long vacation from blogging. This was the first time I had missed a week since starting my blog,...
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Summer Vacation
I think this is one of the more difficult posts I have written over the last couple of years. So I will just put it out there now, to...
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The Path to Worthiness
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about how we are all worthy, independent of what we do, earn, look like, or accomplish. I have been...
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What Mindfulness Isn’t
It is hard to define exactly what mindfulness is…the more I start to delve more deeply into an understanding of what role mindfulness...
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The Three Words Every Child Should Hear
I have been hearing whispers of the same emotion all around me these days. A dear, dear friend, going through a terrible break up,...
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Creating Safe Spaces
Recently I have been exploring the world of online writing groups. My current group is run by a beautiful writer and coach, and consists...
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Starting Over
As a psychiatrist, I spend a great deal of time with my patients examining the past. We reflect on our histories in order to better...
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Embracing Inefficiency
In leading a life with multiple moving parts, I often prize myself on how I can fit those pieces together in the most sensible manner...
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