Mindfulness Works DFW – Recent Articles
We are Living a Life of Illusion
Dealing with Trauma • Healing Trauma - Mindfulness Quiets the Mind • In This Article • Illusions of Permanence Have Been Shattered • With COVID-19 – Everything Changed. All at Once. • Traumatic Experiences are Unique to Each Individual • Symptoms of Psychological Trauma • Mindfulness is Trauma First Aid • Basic Mindfulness Exercise • Humor and Laughter Helps Get Us Through Tough Situations • Joe Walsh Sings - A Life of Illusion “We live ...
Be Like Water – Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience
The Art and Skill of Effortless Being · Be Like Water - Bruce Lee's Philosophy · Critical psychological survival priorities are learning to be less hurried, less driven - and more flexible. The Chinese philosophical concept of wu wei - strategic non-action - has actionable insights for the 21st century. The Tao Te Ching, written in China around 600 BC, first described the idea of effortless being: wu wei. "Do that which consists in taking no ...
The Single Most Important Thinking Skill Nobody Taught You
• The Importance of Flexibility • Cognitive Flexibility and Resilience are Survival Skills “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw said that. And Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” Life is neither static nor unchanging, it’s fluid. Nothing stays the same. Elastic thinking (experts call it cognitive flexibility) allows us to shift gears and think about something in more than one way. What is Resilience? Resilience is ...