To make the most of The Mindful Life, I suggest starting in one of two places. If you haven’t read Inner Affirmations, that’s a great start. The book walks you through in detail my particular form of mindful journaling. It is filled with exercises to make the most of your writing. OR, you can watch the Affirm Your Way to Mindful Living: The Journaling Quick Start Course in the member portal.

By following four simple steps – getting comfortable, focusing on the breath, expanding attention, and accepting what arises – anyone can start a mindfulness practice that reduces anxiety and cultivates peace and presence.

You bet! We all have demands that can sidetrack our own self care. Even if you only carve out 5 minutes a day, it makes a difference. 

Heavens no! However, regular daily practice, even if just for a few minutes, helps cultivate mindfulness as a habit that pays benefits over the long-term by reducing stress and increasing focus, peace of mind, and self-awareness. Sometimes that all I have time for myself.

Sure, but I’m thinking that you joined The Mindful Life looking for other ways to practice mindfulness. Once I started considering it, I realized that mindfulness takes many forms. You’ll get new ways to play with mindfulness here and I highly recommend engaging with the community in our Slack group.

You’ll learn mindfulness techniques and meditation practices to train your attention and stay present. Practices like breath awareness and body scans can help you notice and let go of distractions more easily.

Oh boy, do I feel that! I have balanced career, family, business, relationship and more over the years. There have been many times I didn’t know what to do other than work and minimize sleep and self care. As that thinking took it’s toll, I slowly looked for ways to prioritize myself. My mindfulness practices started long before I had a name for them. You’ll find the best ways for your self care as you try out the Mindful Life activities. 

Yes, you’ll see book recommendations and blog posts that address this issue since I am a narcissistic abuse survivor. As you move through your healing, whatever kind it is, you’ll discover that focusing on yourself is the best cure.

I’m very excited about the challenges! My current plan is to have the self love challenge in February, journaling in May, empowerment in August and mediation in October. That’s just for the first year. I’m sure I get more feedback and ideas from you during that time.

Mindfulness practices teach techniques like acceptance – letting go of unrealistic “shoulds” – which supports a balanced, healthy approach to life and work.

Community forums allow you to share rituals with others and get feedback on your ideas. You can also be inspired by the rituals other members have created.

Inner Affirmations most definitely! The book walks you through in detail Katharine’s form of mindful journaling. It is filled with exercises to make the most of your writing.

All of my meditations are available on Insight Timer (most are free), the #1 free app for meditations and well-being along with my YouTube channel. Whenever you get a link for one of my meditations, it will be be to Insight Timer. I encourage you to listen to other teachers on Insight Timer too. I’ve been using the app daily since 2018.

Try something smaller like course or challenge.