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Building Memories

September 30, 2025 No Comments

The days that stick out to you: do they fill you with love, joy, happiness? Or do they fill you with a heavy weight? Our minds tend to focus on the negatives in life. It’s how we survive: scan for threats, notice them, and remember, so you can survive the threat.

So, remembering your favorite dish is out of stock on a night out is more likely to stick in your mind than the delicious taste of your second favorite dish. It may even cloud your senses so you don’t notice the cute baby’s contagious laughter (but you do notice the tiny pieces of burnt food instead).

This week, let’s examine our memories and discover how we can build positive, long-lasting, happy memories.

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Mindful Art

September 18, 2025 No Comments

Now, before you click away with a proclamation, “I’m not an artist” or “I could never draw something good enough,” bear with us for a few moments. Breathe.

This is not for masterful artists who can create stunning portraits, clean lines, or breathtaking landscapes—not necessarily. This form of art is for those who carry stress in their backs and the world of responsibility on their shoulders.

This week, we’re drawing up an art exercise to calm the mind. You can have shaky hands, imperfect circles, and be bad with color mixing because (spoiler alert) the end product does not matter. We’re focusing on the process.

Social Scripts

August 26, 2025 No Comments

We usually think of mindfulness as noticing our breath or paying attention to the present moment, but there’s another angle: noticing the little storylines our brain creates from everyday life. Instead of drifting through routines on autopilot, we invite you to bring awareness to your expectations and the “scripts” we follow without even realizing it.

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Mindful Every Day

September 5, 2023 No Comments

Life has a way of sweeping us off our feet and dragging us along through the day, and we just hope we can make it to the end of the day. How can we slow down and savor our moments? Mindfulness techniques offer us a break from the rushing pace and help us appreciate the present.

Midweek Check-in

August 15, 2023 No Comments

It’s been a while since we last had our check-in, so let’s check in! This is your friendly reminder to find pockets of time in your days, weeks, months, and life to tune into yourself, your body, and your soul.

Why Having a Regular Self Check-in Is Your Secret to Self-Care

August 14, 2023 No Comments

In the bustling, productive-focused world we live in, we’re constantly caught up in the rush of daily demands and work tasks that we often forget to prioritize our own well-being. Even though we feel like we’re drowning in work and the never-ending tasks, we must carve out the time to consistently check in with ourselves. Discover how these moments of introspection can significantly contribute to your well-being and learn how to incorporate this simple practice into your routine.

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Mindfulness

March 21, 2023 No Comments

It’s easy to become distracted by every social media notification, incoming text and email, and the million tasks that need to be completed by the end of the day. When we’re caught up in a storm of thoughts, worries, and anxieties, trying to keep afloat with all of the incoming information and demands, we tend to lose sight of the present moment.

This week, let’s look at how we can cultivate mindfulness by developing soft habits.

How to Mindfully Engage with Your 5 Senses

May 27, 2022 No Comments

We receive a lot of sensory input all day. We may tune out most sensory input, or we may feel overwhelmed, tired, and foggy from sensory overload (when we receive more input than we are able to process). However, if we switch off our autopilot and learn to be present in the sensory experiences we can:

manage stress levels,

promote wellbeing,

manage brain fog,

improve self-awareness,

promote learning and memory,

boost energy levels, and

ground ourselves to the present.

In this post, we’ll explore different ways to mindfully engage with our 5 senses.

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