Podcast Feature: The Affects of Mindfulness and Meditation on Our Health
Allison Peet joined Dr. Nish to discuss the affects that mindfulness and meditation can have on our health.
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- May 10, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Chris Wurster
Chris is one of my oldest MBSR students. He epitomizes living the practice of mindfulness and takes a serious, and also light-hearted,...
- Apr 2, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Claire Richmond
Claire is one of my most motivated, committed, and courageous students. Mindfulness practice can bring about relief and ease, and...
- Mar 2, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Ginny Malcomson
What brought you to take Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction? Not that I couldn’t have benefited from it long before I started, but my...
- Feb 15, 2021
Celebrate Single Tasking Day: Feb 22
Feb 22 is Single Tasking Day! (…whodda thought, right?) We’ve conditioned ourselves as a society of multi-taskers out of necessity, just...
- Feb 10, 2021
What is it like to contemplate death on a birthday?
I start my 41st year today. I’m reading “The Book of Joy” with my MBSR graduate group. One of the obstacles they describe to experiencing...
- Jan 6, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Ann Flood
Ann Flood, LMHC Ann attended and graduated from my Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 8-week course in 2018, founded by Jon...
- Nov 15, 2019
7 Days with my Mind: Insights from a Silent Mindfulness Retreat
As I reflect, I experientially learned a few things that I’ll summarize below. One of my teachers, Sandy Eimers, of Balance Yoga Lounge,...
- Jul 15, 2019
Why Practice Meditation?
There are many ways we can gain wisdom and insight into the true nature of things. The most common, but not necessarily the most fun, is...
- Jun 17, 2019
Overcoming Self-Limiting Thoughts
I was in a 1-on-1 meeting last week, getting to know a very intelligent, successful, motivated, beautiful woman, who is in the mental...
- Feb 6, 2017
Youth Yoga and Mindfulness
Strengthening attention, developing body awareness, and calming our minds is a life skill children develop over time. It’s difficult to...
- Nov 8, 2016
Using RAIN in Daily Life: How to Avoid Flying Off the Handle
Halloween is usually a fun, laughter-filled event for our family. We eat way too much chocolate and listening to jokes told by kids never...
- Sep 12, 2016
Starving for Silence
I think it’s safe to say we’re all little (or a lot) starved for silence these days. Maybe we fully know that gut feeling, the swirl of...
- Jul 5, 2016
Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself
When I first heard this phrase, and laughed my behind off because I am so guilty of “shoulding” myself. It made me take a step back...
- Jun 13, 2016
6 Things You’ll Learn on a Silent Retreat
I just returned from a 6-day, women’s, silent mindfulness meditation retreat titled, “The Power of Presence” in Santa Rosa, CA to help me...
- Apr 21, 2016
Self-Discovery in South Florida
I had the opportunity to travel to Ft Lauderdale, FL last week for a residential 9-day practicum in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress...
- Mar 22, 2016
Ten Days with My Mind. Why Mental Training is Just as Important as Physical
When I told people that I was going on a “retreat” over spring break, they immediately thought I was going on a vacation to a spa,...
- Feb 17, 2016
Mindfulness and Business
October of 2015, I decided to open my own small side business, From Within Wellness, devoted to mindfulness coaching in Des Moines to...
- Dec 30, 2015
Your Guide to Mindfulness
Here are some of my favorite and most popular videos, articles and blog posts about everything Mindful. Contact me with questions or...
- Dec 1, 2015
What is Mindfulness?
Through mindful awareness, your world can transform, beginning from within. Science proves that mindfulness makes us happier, healthier,...