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Reframing Negative Self-Talk

A NEW PERSPECTIVE: REFRAMING NEGATIVE SELF-TALK Everybody seems to be stressed out these days. The bad...

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Online Mindfulness Meditation Therapy for Overcoming Social Anxiety, low Self-esteem and Confidence (Boulder Center for Mindfulness Psychotherapy)

Social Anxiety Disorder is a form of phobia, a reactive emotional disorder to a range of social settings that are perceived as threatening, mainly due to the unfamiliarity of the situation. Most of us feel a degree of nervousness in new situations or when asked to speak in public, but those with SAD...

Posted to pdmstrong (Weblog) by Mindfulness Meditation Therapy on Tue, Feb 2 2010
ONLINE MINDFULNESS MEDITATION THERAPY FOR OVERCOMING ANXIETY & STRESS

The single major cause of emotional suffering and stress in our lives comes from the accumulated habitual emotional reactions to life events that we acquire through unconscious learning. We become victims of recurrent negative thoughts and patterns of emotional reactivity that operate automatically in...

Posted to pdmstrong (Weblog) by Mindfulness Meditation Therapy on Thu, Nov 26 2009
Mondays Mindful Quote: Thich Nhat Hanh

Welcome back to the Monday's Mindful Quote. If you are new to this, here's the concept behind it. Every Monday I'm going to cite a quote or a poem that is related to mindfulness and psychotherapy in some way and then explore it a bit and how it is relevant to our lives. For me, quotes and...

Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on Mon, Aug 3 2009
Can Blogs Really Help?

Recently I was contacted by a reader relaying her concern that people are in so much pain that how can a blog really help? This question is worth an exploration as if you're reading this blog; it is likely that you or someone you know has really been suffering. Do blogs really help? Blogs are certainly...

Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on Thu, May 7 2009
Art and Science of Kundalini Yoga

with Dr. Helen Lavretsky (UCLA Dept. of Psychiatry) and Harijiwan Singh Khalsa (Golden Bridge Yoga, Los Angeles) visit: www.marc.ucla.edu for more info! Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009 Time: 9AM - 1PM Location : UCLA Covel Commons Costs : $50 Discounts: $40 KCRW subscriber; $30 (students, UCLA staff, seniors...

Posted to MARC (Weblog) by MARC on Wed, Apr 8 2009
UCLA MARC Upcoming Classes/Events!

MAPs I for Daily Living: Section One on TUESDAYS & Section Two on THURSDAYS This is an excellent introduction to mindfulness. You will learn mindfulness meditation practices including sitting, walking meditations, and how to work with difficult thoughts and emotions. These practices develop greater...

Posted to MARC (Weblog) by MARC on Thu, Feb 5 2009
New Year Mindful Healing Vblog

Hello everyone, Happy New Year! Join Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. this week as he briefly discusses a recent study that suggests how coming to our senses can help us with every day stress, improved mood, and our relationships. He provides us with a practice that we can do right now and any time during the...

Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on Mon, Jan 12 2009
Cultivating, what many call, an antidote to fear

During this holiday season, it's not a question of whether stress will build, but when and how much. In turn, for most of us, when stress and tension builds, our patience for ourselves and others tends to wane. We talk to ourselves in a way we would never speak to another friend. We call ourselves...

Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on Wed, Dec 3 2008
A poem about making change - Portia Nelson

In the spirit of how we all go about realizing how to make a change in our lives, Portia Nelson's poem says it really well. As baby's we first poop and then realize it, soon we feel it coming, but still poop. In time, we feel it coming, and sometimes make it to the toilet and other times not...

Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on Tue, Nov 4 2008
Mindfullly smile your way toward feeling good!

When my wife came home the other day and told me she received two comments from strangers thanking her for smiling it really made me reflect on the mental, physical, and social benefits of smiling. Smiling has been shown to attract people, be contagious, reduce muscle tension in the face and body, lower...

Posted to elishagoldstein (Weblog) by Elisha Goldstein on Mon, Oct 13 2008

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