by Kate | Feb 4, 2020 | kind promises, mindfulness
Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a process that is helped many people deal with chronic pain, says “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and...
by Kate | Dec 24, 2013 | kind promises, Surrender
Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon I’ve been listening to Jon Kabat-Zinn on pain. He encourages us, as we feel uncomfortable, not to run away from it. Instead, he speaks of turning toward and opening to the sensations in our bodies. I use the phrase...
by Kate | Feb 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will celebrate this moment. Every night, as I go to sleep, I listen to audiobooks. I’ve been doing this for 25 years, ever since I discovered that listening to a story shuts off my worrying monkey mind. I listen to the same books over and over...