Tag: meditation
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5 Ways to Declutter your Mind
A cluttered mind can leave you feeling scattered, anxious, and overwhelmed. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson shares five practical strategies — from mindfulness and radical acceptance to self-reflection and letting go of ego — that will help you clear mental space, embrace the present moment, and find greater peace and clarity.
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Half-Smiling: A Mindfulness Meditation
Half-smiling is a simple yet powerful mindfulness practice that helps you manage difficult emotions, reduce stress, and approach challenges with balance and self-compassion. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson shares how the half-smile technique can shift your emotional state and build resilience in everyday situations.
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Hit the Morning Snooze to Practice Meditation
Instead of hitting snooze for a few more minutes of restless sleep, you can use that time to practice meditative breathing. In this post, Dr. Christine Dickson shares how turning those nine minutes into a mindful ritual can reduce stress, improve emotional balance, and set a calmer tone for the entire day.
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What is Mindfulness?
Sometimes we get stuck thinking about a particular thought and it feels like we have no control over our mind. All of this brain chatter can be overwhelming and affect how we feel each day. But if we really tune into our thoughts, we’ll notice how much they wander. We might be: Thinking about plans…
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Die to the Self: A Mindfulness Meditation
Practicing a meditation to ‘die to the self’ may not be your first priority in life but it’s the only way out of anxiety and fear. Anxiety and fear in life can arise as the result of the illness of yourself or death of a loved one, loss of work, home, possessions, and short term…
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The Present Moment is Free from Fear
“When we are not fully present, we are not really living. We’re not really there, either for our loved ones or for ourselves. If we’re not there, then where are we? We are running, running, running, even during our sleep. We run because we’re trying to escape from our fear.
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Compassion for Difficult People: A Mindfulness Meditation
Dr. Christine E. Dickson shares a powerful mindfulness meditation from Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness—“Compassion for the person you hate or despise the most.” This simple yet profound practice helps transform anger into understanding, reminding us that compassion is the only path to freedom from resentment.
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The Pebble: A Mindfulness Meditation
Dr. Christine E. Dickson explores The Pebble, a mindfulness meditation from Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Miracle of Mindfulness. This gentle practice invites stillness and presence, helping us rest deeply in the moment—like a pebble settling peacefully on the riverbed—free from striving, thought, or distraction.
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7 Techniques for Practicing Mindfulness Meditation
This article provides a list and description of Dr. Christine E. Dickson’s favorite mindfulness meditation techniques.