By CancerCare staff — 2021
When you are caring for a loved one with a long-term illness, caregiving becomes a marathon rather than a sprint.
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An attitude of heightened awareness and focused attention can have great benefits.
When you truly focus your attention to the task, the switch to thinking mindfully about your action results in a change in your feelings and behavior.
There’s a growing understanding—and resources—to allow us to take control of our minds and of our own well-being.
Want to grow your well-being? Here are the skills you need.
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Buddhist teacher Ethan Nichtern shares the practices he’ll be undertaking to stay healthy and responsibly engaged this year.
Ashley Neese, a holistic practitioner in California, describes breathwork as a deeper kind of self-care, one that can “help you move through blocks you can’t see.” Slow, intentioned, mindful breathing is a tool that can be used “any time, any place,” she says.
Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.