Passage of the Day: “Workaholism”

“If you feel stressed and dissatisfied by family life, for instance, then work can be used as a wonderful excuse for never being home. If your work gives you pleasure and you get positive feedback from colleagues, if you feel in control when you are there, if you have power and status and feel productiveContinue reading “Passage of the Day: “Workaholism””

The Power of the Wandering Mind: Mindfulness Turned on its Head?

If you have attended a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course you may have been introduced to the concept of the “wandering mind”. This means that the mind tends to wander from thought to thought to the extent it makes concentrated thought difficult. What the basic MBSR course tries to impart is that by youContinue reading “The Power of the Wandering Mind: Mindfulness Turned on its Head?”