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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
In a row, the words themselves rarely do the damage. The damage comes from what you do once you have decided the words mean something about you.
Someone can say something ugly and you can hear it as noise coming out of a person having a bad life. That is not pretending it was fine. It is…
Instead of marking a page, press one fingertip lightly against your knee each time you notice a thought going by. Nobody in the room will see it.
The paper version is fine at home and useless in a meeting or halfway through an argument, which is exactly where you need it. A small press, like…
That small press of your own finger does two jobs. It marks the thought, and it gives you a bit of contact with yourself while everything around you is loud.
Your own touch is easy to overlook as a comfort. A hand on your knee, a thumb pressed into a palm, arms folded across your chest: quiet things people…
If the language of mindfulness puts you off, drop the language. Call it noticing what your mind is doing, and use it anyway.
Some people hear anything that sounds spiritual and close the door, and then a useful skill goes unused over a word. There is nothing here you have…
You can be in full control of what you do and still be burning inside. Calm is not the entry requirement.
People write themselves off because they still feel angry, as though the goal were to stop feeling it. The goal is narrower and much more reachable:…
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