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The Path to Mindfulness

For many, the chance to work at Apple would seem like a dream job. And for Eddie Cohen, it was, just perhaps not in the way he originally intended. While at Apple, Eddie’s long-term struggle with anxiety and adult-onset ADD were exacerbated until they became nearly disabling. But the course to find a solution led…

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Your Feelings Matter

Do you struggle with honoring and embracing your emotions?  I know I do, as do many of us. I also find it challenging to acknowledge that my feelings matter just as much as anyone else’s. While I don’t tend to hold back from sharing my feelings, opinions, and desires, I have learned from other people…

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Why Building Awareness is the crucial first step to Building Resilience in Kids

As I proposed in my introductory post on “The Resilience Recipe,” there are four essential “ingredients”needed for children to build resilience: having an awareness of and compassion for their emotional and physiological experience, having a mindset of growth and flexibility, practicing the approach of challenges (rather than avoidance), all while having a sense of security that…