by Janet Huehls | Jan 20, 2019 | Mindfulness, Motivation, Uncategorized
In the last blog we talked about how the excitement of working toward a goal can be motivating, but that it is likely temporary. Using goal setting to get motivated just does not give you the skills to stay motivated, which leads to the common ‘all or nothing’...
by Janet Huehls | Jul 26, 2016 | Mindfulness
Why is negativity used so often in marketing and politics? “Our ancestors had to pay a lot of attention to bad news,” states Rick Hanson in his TED talk. The more primitive part of our brain looks for problems to solve to keep us safe. It was essential in...
by Janet Huehls | Nov 24, 2015 | Mindfulness
This time of year, we can fall prey to “gratitude fatigue.” All this talk about giving thanks for what we have can make it a bit surfacy. However, it’s the regular habit of gratitude that has the potential for truly activating our well-being. A simple shift...
by Janet Huehls | Nov 17, 2015 | Mindfulness
When the news rips at your stomach, constricts your heart, and boggles your mind, what do you do? Hide? Put it all the blind spot. Ignore the fear, sadness, worry. Hope it will just go away. Try to make sense of it? Listen to every news story, every perspective. ...
by Janet Huehls | Jun 30, 2015 | Mindfulness
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama We all want to be happy, but it doesn’t just happen. In fact, there is a whole science now devoted to discovering what actions lead to happiness. The tricky part is that our...
by Janet Huehls | May 19, 2015 | Mindfulness
Life balance is a concept that many of us are trying to achieve. When our life is out of balance we often turn on ourselves, thinking we messed up in some way. This self-blame reaction only pulls us further away from life balance, expending a lot of energy trying to...
