My Practice
and my passion are to share what I’ve learned with others, especially those driven leaders who, while motivated, remain uncertain how to fit these theories and techniques into their already too-busy lives.
How do I do this?
We accomplish this together by making mindfulness and a more positive mindset approachable and accessible. My goal is to help clients reduce the mental chatter that so often causes stress and gets in the way of achieving goals at work and at home.
My Inspiration
The greatest gift mindfulness has given me is an increased awareness of the spaces between life and the “busyness of mind.” What do I mean by that? Like most of us, I used to go from one thing to the next to the next with no room to breathe or take in what’s around me. Imagine music without the silence between the notes — there would be no melody, only (harsh) noise.
“Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.”
I’ve learned how to use these spaces to allow me to choose my response rather than be controlled by a subconscious reaction. That’s been the biggest game-changer for me, and I’m passionate about bringing this gift to others, especially beginners (and skeptics).
What Mindfulness Means to Me
Mindfulness isn’t something to do; it’s a way of being.
You can be mindful about anything — it’s simply about being aware, being present, paying attention to whatever is going on in any given moment, without judgement. And you don’t have to meditate to practice it.
I don’t believe that mindfulness is about being “somewhere else,” or about emptying our minds of thoughts. On the contrary, the mind is our most powerful tool, yet it’s often our worst enemy. Mindfulness can change that.
Very little we worry about is in the present moment. Most of our stresses are due to ruminating about the past (which we can’t do anything about) or fretting about the future (which hasn’t even happened yet).
Practicing mindfulness allows us to retake the driver’s seat so that we can harness the power of the mind, rather than allowing it to run away from us and take over our perceptions of the world (which are usually brushed with a negative stroke).
My practice helps clients change the way they think and perceive, without having to sit on a meditation cushion for hours on end. What I teach is 100% non-religious. And although my practice borrows from ancient philosophies, it doesn’t include any notions of god or other religious tenets. That said, people who have a religious practice can easily incorporate mindfulness into their spiritual lives.