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ARTArticleWhat does it mean to be mindful, present, conscious?"The joy of being is the joy of being conscious." ~ Eckhart Tolle Some of the readings on the subject can be a little too abstract for me. When I read Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, a mindfulness classic, I trusted that being present was important, but I have to admit… I didn't really get what he was talking about. After reading, and re-reading his work, I boil it down to this: being present, mindful is a mental state achieved by focusing your awareness on the current moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.ARTArticleWhat is the Difference Between Effort and Passion?ARTArticleWhy being present and mindful are so important.Last week we started talking about being more present as it allows you to experience life in a more meaningful and more joyful way. Right now, we are living with an all-time high level of distractions, which is sending people’s stress levels through the roof; and stress robs us of our joy. That’s why, at a time of potential abundance and ease, people aren’t as happy as I know they could be. It’s so unnecessary. People have forgotten, or never knew, that to feel content and fulfilled, you have to take care of your mind.ARTArticle***Concentration and Attention Tips for Adult ADD/ADHDDopamine dosers to your rescue! Brain chemicals called neurotransmitters play a key role in focusing. One of these neurotransmitters is dopamine - the major chemical that regulates focus, motor movements and feelings of pleasure. You can use some clever tricks to capitalize on and "control" the dopamine system in your body. Here are three quick ways to get your brain to "dose you with dopamine" and increase your ability to pay attention and concentrate!ARTArticle***Heads Up! Tips for Better Attention and ConcentrationDo thoughts race around in your mind like a swarm of bees? With all those thoughts sprinting around in your mind, you’d think one of them would claim your attention. But none of them seem to “step into the spotlight”! Increasing the right kind of chemicals in your brain will reduce the “clutter” in your mind If racing or cluttered thoughts is a problem for you, biochemistry has got your back! Taking charge of your brain's neurotransmitters is a great way to improve your attention and concentration - even for boring, mundane or irritating tasks.ARTArticle***Improve Your Willpower and Beat ProcrastinationIf you are feeling discouraged about not being able to get things done, or find yourself losing time on activities that are "fun" in the moment but don't fulfill any of your life's ambitions, you need to know more about the true nature of the quality called "willpower"! We used to think we were born with a certain amount of willpower and the amount of willpower we had couldn't be changed. But now science is challenging that old assumption. It's time for a new look at what "willpower" really is, and a fresh start on beating procrastination! What is willpower?ARTArticle***Keystone Habits and Adult ADD/ADHD- The Secret to Productive Routines We all have habits and routines - some of them help us achieve our goals and some don't! Setting up productive new routines can be tough, so it makes sense to use the easiest, most efficient process possible! Fortunately, there are certain habits that make taking charge of your time and your tasks easier. Keystone Habits ARTArticle***Launching Pads and ADD/ADHDAutomate your "launch sequence"! Have you ever locked yourself out of your car … or your house? I sure have! I think about all the time I wasted sitting outside my house waiting for my husband to come home to unlock the door or, even worse, sitting on the curb or in a fast food joint a block away from my car waiting for him to come and get me where I was stranded - yuck!!ARTArticle***Pay ATTENTION! Easier said than done for the ADHD brainOn the spectrum of ADHD symptoms, perhaps the least understood is the inability of children and adults to pay attention to the world around them. They “space out” in the middle of conversations or are clueless about the recently revealed details of a new project at work. That “space cadet” inattentive presentation of ADHD can drive friends, partners, spouses, teachers and bosses crazy. They think the ADHD person doesn’t care about the relationship or the job or they may believe the ADHD person is slow witted or even stupid.ARTArticle***Self-efficacy is a Non-Medical Treatment for Adult ADD/ADHD"The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand The term "self-efficacy" has always excited me! It means knowing that you can "get the job done" in your life.ARTArticle5 Things New Moms & Dads-to-Be Can Expect With a New BabyBabies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful. ~Charles Osgood Expecting a baby is a very exciting time in the life of couples wanting a child. As this precious new family member is carried in its mothers womb, the couple immediately begins to connect and care and wonder.... What will he or she look like? Will she have moms eyes? Will he have dads sense of humor? They even think ahead into the future. What talents and interests will he have? What will she do with her gift of life? How will he contribute to this world?ARTArticle5 Tips On Assisting Teens With Addiction RecoveryAssisting Teenagers with Recovery Admitting a teen in rehab is one of the toughest things a parent will do. Though you can be assured that your child is getting help, you might also be conce ed about what the future has in store for your teen. Being a parent, you can take some actions to help your child recover from drug or alcohol addiction. There are ways that will let you to help your family members and yourself withstand the challenges the rehabilitation process involves. How to Help a Teenager with Recovery ARTArticle6 Anger Management Techniques to Manage Your BossOne of the most important people to use anger management techniques with is that person in your life that you struggle getting along with that you warmly refer to as your boss. You're tired. You're discouraged. You're dejected. You're unmotivated. You may feel that your boss is intimidating, meddling, scheming or hard to please. If you’ve got a really bad boss s/he may take credit for your work, never give you any positive feedback and disrespect your time by not showing up for meetings with you or dumping a job in your lap at the end of the day that needs to be done right now.ARTArticle6 Habits of Successful IntrovertsThis is the century in which the introvert will “shine.” In the past, we have valued the extrovert more in the marketplace, because communication, negotiation, marketing/sales, etc. always occurred face-to-face, and the extrovert thrived in an atmosphere of “people presence” and lots of activity. The introvert, on the other hand, tended to be the back office person, perhaps the “number cruncher” or the researcher, but never the big deal closer or the one responsible for the successful marketing campaign. How things have changed!ARTArticle6 Tricks to Replace Procrastination with WillpowerWe now know a lot more about procrastination and willpower than we ever did before. Where procrastination was a weakness and willpower was something akin to the force, we now understand it’s a little bit more complicated than that.r ARTArticle7 Habits of Truly Kind PeopleThere is something truly inspiring about genuinely kind people. They have the ability to see positive things in people that are difficult to get along with. They can make you feel better with just a few words. Kind people even have this uncanny ability to bring light and positivity to a situation, simply by being present. Have you ever wondered how they do that?ARTArticle7 Most Inspiring Books7 Most Inspiring Books Sometimes it just seems as if life circumstances cause you to hit an emotional wall. It is during these times that taking the steps required to live a life that is happy and fulfilling is nearly impossible. The tasks of building success in your career and relationships can feel virtually insurmountable. This is when you need a bit of inspiration to keep you going. If you are an avid reader, here are a few inspirational books that you should definitely consider picking up the next time you are at the library or bookstore.ARTArticle7 Steps to Prevent an Emotional MeltdownWhen people see the word “meltdown”, they often think of a young child who is overtired, overstimulating, and who has finally hit a point of emotional overload. The resulting meltdown usually coming in the form of inconsolable crying or flailing tantrum. We tend to forget that, as adults, we also have emotional limits, and when those limits are exceeded we are also capable of emotional meltdown.ARTArticleAccepting Feelings Leads to Inner PeaceMany of us were raised to resist our feelings (don’t be angry, don’t cry, don’t be so wild, etc). We do most anything to not feel: we eat, do drugs, drink, exercise, work, text, play computer games, and in doing all of this doing, we fight reality. When we resist feeling, we block reality, and this leads to a pattern of fighting that distances us from a sense of peace and contentment and ability to be present in the here and now. We live according to the belief that I have to resist or fight in order get what I want and feel good.ARTArticleADD/ADHD - Wisdom hack for indecisionShould I? …Will I be able to? ……What if it all goes wrong!!!? How often do we stop dead in our tracks, crippled by indecision? Yet there is so much wisdom in each of us! Decisions would be so much simpler if we could tap into our abundant, God-given wisdom, don't you think! You might find clarity and self-efficacy through this simple jou aling exercise ARTArticleADD/ADHD Friendly Home Organization TipsDo you have piles of "stuff" so high you can't find what you need, or sit down to a family dinner at the table because it's covered with piles of papers or - gasp - dirty dishes? Even if clutter is beginning to take over your home, you can bust through the confusion and get your household running more smoothly! I've got 3 tips that will help you do that.ARTArticleAddicted to Numbing? Healthy Ways to Combat StressDo you even know if you’re numb? Think about the experience of our foot falling asleep and the pins and needles and aching we feel when it awakens. We sit on our foot for a while and temporarily compress the nerves in it and don’t feel the discomfort until we move our foot.ARTArticleAddicts Need to be Empowered, not Told They are PowerlessIt's no secret that our health care system is broken, while insurance costs keep rising, yet a major problem that continues to be overlooked is the addiction treatment system and its deteriorization of success. Gone are the days where people are responsible for their own condition, only to be replaced with "it's not your fault, here's a pill to treat your symptoms". The notion that addiction is an incurable brain disease and that relapse is a part of recovery is driven by people who profit from not getting results, such as ineffective treatments and pharmaceutical companies.ARTArticleAdults with ADD/ADHD - How to “Hire” a New Habit!Did you know that research shows it takes an average of 66 days to establish a new habit? Keep in mind, though, that's just an average - some habits can be developed in as little as 17 days and some require 250 days to get firmly in place!ARTArticleAnger Management - The Difference Between Anger and AggressionMost anger management courses should probably more accurately called aggression management classes. This is because anger and aggression are not the same thing. Anger may lead to aggression, but it is something entirely different.ARTArticleAnger Management Class - Three Easy Criticism TechniquesGiving criticism can be just as, if not even more stressful than receiving it. Studies have shown that people who are about to offer criticism are often conce ed that they or the other person may get angry at them and that they will not know how to manage that other person’s anger.ARTArticleAnger Management Class - Three Ways Automatic Thinking Fuels AngerOne thing an anger management class should help you to understand is that we all use mental shortcuts that oftentimes are very helpful, but sometimes end up fooling us into misunderstanding a situation and getting angry because of it.ARTArticleAnger Management Courses: How They Help with AngerMany people feel that anger management courses won't work for them. This is normal. And the fact is that some anger management courses are very helpful whereas others are not. Anger is a normal, human emotion, a certain amount of which is considered healthy. Unfortunately, anger can get out of control and like other emotional conditions can quickly escalate to a condition that bears physical and psychological side effects. Anger can contribute to irrational and unpredictable behavior that can take a toll on relationships, job performance and decision-making abilities.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques – What Makes for Good Ones?Most anger management techniques don’t work. Why? Oftentimes it’s because most anger management techniques approach the problem from only one perspective. You’re probably familiar with some of these skills – count to ten, take a step back and think about things, try to see things from the other person’s point of view. These are important and useful anger management techniques but they only work at one aspect of the problem. For an anger management course to be truly effective you must first understand what makes people angry.ARTArticleAnger Management Techniques: The "I Feel Pretty" TechniqueMost anger management techniques don’t work. Why is that? Well, to be effective an anger management technique must be able to change your emotional state and change it rapidly. That’s not always easily done as your brain may be barreling down a one way track at full speed making it hard for you to just stop and change tracks. Most importantly, however, an anger management technique needs to change your state, both physical and emotional, from agitation into a different place.

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