But there’s another kind of mindfulness practice that also brings these great benefits: bringing mindfulness to our relationship with money. Money?! Yes, money. We think about money and make money decisions frequently. Every time we shop or spend, we engage with money. If we have signed up for alerts on our phone, we are pinged regularly when we pay for products and services, when our balance changes, when our stocks reach a certain price....
Noticing puts us in the present, makes us sensitive to context, and aware of change and uncertainty. When we are mindless we hold our perspective still, allowing us to confuse the stability of our mindsets with the stability of the underlying phenomena. Hold it still if you want but it’s changing nonetheless. However visionary we consider our leaders, they cannot predict the future any more than anyone else. They may be able to predict what might happen much of the time if the situation stays constant — which of course is questionable — but can never predict individual occurrences, which is where we should be most concerned....
Mindful CEO Bryan Welch stopped by the Men Talking Mindfulness podcast to share some insight into his mindfulness practice, a few words of wisdom, and a mindfulness practice to help us feel grounded. Tapping Into a Feeling of Abundance Tapping Into a Feeling of Abundance It can be easy for us to feel as though we don’t have enough. Enough time, money, friends…the list goes on. With the limited number of resources available on earth, it can feel like we should all switch to a scarcity mindset....
Journaling Prompts: Let Go of Your Limiting Habits Journaling Prompts: Let Go of Your Limiting Habits In your journal, with gentleness and over time, explore these writing prompts: Where in your life does “power over” versus “power with” manifest? What is the cost?What survival strategies were you indoctrinated into within your family of origin?What survival strategies can you name that operate on the level of the collective? Examples of places to look: “We must win at all costs....
But what if I told you the pioneer of mindfulness himself regarded an inquisitive brain that followed its natural instincts not as the enemy of mindfulness, but as another form of practicing awareness? It’s practiced as part of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) curriculum as a technique called choiceless awareness, which roughly translates into being open to what unfolds in front of you, what emerges in your mind. Aimless wandering is also one of those practices....
