In a busy life, time and resources are finite and precious. To ensure maximal return on the investment of each, it is important to craft realistic goals that specifically impact your wellbeing. This handout will guide you through the process of creating thoughtful goals that align with your value system and have the best chance of success given your current circumstances and access to resources.
An Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness is awareness of the present experience with acceptance. Just as an exercise routine is designed to improve your body, a mindfulness practice improves your mind. As it develops, a habit of mindfulness yields a myriad of downstream benefits that extend well beyond the period of focused practice.
Tools for Tension
An introduction to two mindfulness exercises: the Mountain Meditation and Square Breathing. Both can be used to help reduce tension and cultivate a sense of calm control. A self-study handout designed to follow the blog post or podcast episode: An Introduction to Mindfulness.
Mountain Meditation
The Mountain Meditation is a guided meditation that asks you to cultivate the stance of a mountain. As a grounding exercise, it is a fantastic way to prepare yourself before stepping into a chaotic system or conversely, a fantastic way to recover following immersion in a chaotic system.
Racial Microaggressions
Microaggressions are an insidious form of racism (or any -ism) because they are frequently unconscious and often perpetuated by people who think of themselves as progressive and inclusive. The lesson we all need to internalize is that racism is systemic and ever-present, and one doesn’t need to be actively or aggressively racist to cause lasting damage.
Manage your Habits
To successfully alter a habit or create a new one, one must consider how a habit is formed. This handout will guide you through the steps necessary to alter a current habit, with implications for creating a new one. A self-study handout designed to follow the book review on The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg or the podcast episode: The Science of Habit Formation.