The Daily Mindful

It took me almost a year to recover from pregnancy and childbirth.

I skip (too) many breakfasts.

…give it the attention it deserves, and…the attention that you deserve.

Lately, I’ve been crying. Every night.

In our current fast-paced world, it’s common to think that slowing down is absurd — and often unnecessary.

“No is usually followed by guilt.” ~ Ann Zur, an elephant reader commenting on how it feels to say no.

Cuteness can be profound stuff. It can lead us to learn and care about more than ourselves and our own happiness.

We touch on finding your voice, Allen Ginsberg, Hemingway, Zen, and mortality.

We don’t always take inner work seriously.

With “Mindfulness” cool all of a sudden, there’s a lot of confusion about the point of meditation, what it is, and when to do it.

Someone posted about Kramer v Kramer being too woke for today’s environment.

Loving myself unconditionally has never been easy.

If you want to check out Buddhism or learn to meditate, if you are going through stress or difficult times, these books are a great start.

Folks want to feel good, proud, strong–as much as we want to care, feel, be ethical.

In a world of Elon Musks, be a Dolly Parton.

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Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:

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This past weekend, I spent a lot of time outside.

Trump just blatantly lied about nearly dying in a helicopter with the wrong Brown.

I’m a Minnesotan, born and bred.