Category Archives: Mindful Living

Mindful Living: What Triggers Stress and Anxiety?

While listening to my morning meditation on Wake Up, Wind Down, the narrator Niall Breslin asked everyone to think of things that trigger stress. I wondered what good that could possibly do, but realized it is beneficial to understand what things can negatively impact us. This isn’t so we can avoid stress per se, butContinue reading “Mindful Living: What Triggers Stress and Anxiety?”

Mindful Living: Taking Pleasure in the Simple Things

I’m chilling in a hotel room at Ten thousand Waves near Santa Fe, NM and a thought suddenly pinged into my head. Most of the great things in life that bring me happiness are extraordinarily simple. Although I battled and conquered a migraine this evening, today has been a wonderful example of how simple, beautifulContinue reading “Mindful Living: Taking Pleasure in the Simple Things”

Mindful Living: Anxiety is a monster that eats the mind.

I’ve gone through several bouts of anxiety which I find very enlightening these last few weeks. I wanted to focus on a particular one that is still subtly echoing through my mind: It has to do with my teeth. About a week ago, I looked at my teeth and had a very particular thought comeContinue reading “Mindful Living: Anxiety is a monster that eats the mind.”

Mindful Living: How do you manage loneliness?

Since coming back to Utah for my mini-vacation I’ve realized anew how complacent I’ve become with loneliness. That is an odd thing to think about, considering I work with high schoolers, have an involved calling in my church, and come from a big family. But the more I look at it, the more I haveContinue reading “Mindful Living: How do you manage loneliness?”