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Monday
Mar292010

Ψ Mind your emotion

AuthorDr. B | DateMarch 29, 2010 at 10:37 PM | tagged , ,

By shifting the plane of focus to something other than the cognitive back and forth we typically see, mindfulness can allow a different way to process information. By exiting this necessarily circular argument, we can start to make progress on dealing with emotion as it is: a natural reaction to events. When we start viewing emotions as natural phenomena and not events that need to be challenged or beaten back, we may finally be able to end the fight against reality in which we have been engaged.

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Wednesday
Feb102010

Mindfulness of Eating

AuthorDr. B | DateFebruary 10, 2010 at 9:10 PM | tagged , ,

>The Buddha told monks to take meals silently, with no books or conversations to distract them, only an awareness of what their body needs to get through the day. When they felt full, they stopped eating, even if that meant leaving food in the bowl.

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Wednesday
Feb032010

Mindfulness in Plain English

AuthorDr. B | DateFebruary 3, 2010 at 8:55 PM | tagged , , ,

When teaching mindfulness as a DBT skill as often as I do - up to 10 times per month - I have to come up with new material to keep my classes, and myself, interested. Often, group members have heard the typical DBT core “what” mindfulness skills of:

  • Observe
  • Describe
  • Participate

And the “how” skills of:

  • Non-judgementally
  • One-mindfully
  • Effectively

But rarely have they been exposed to the actual origins of the DBT skill of mindfulness. In my studies, I’ve found that it’s a very deep and complex topic. I’ve not even been able to scratch the surface and I wish I had the time to understand it better.

To that end, I’ve been using Mindfulness in Plain English to help guide my reading and discussion points. Yes, that’s the full book as a .pdf. Unbelievably, the publisher has allowed us to post it for free as long as I don’t charge you for it. Quite amazing. Please feel free to re-distribute it far and wide.

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