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25 Simple Ways to Be More Mindful in 2025- FREE PDF

Life’s busy, chaotic, and sometimes downright stressful, but mindfulness helps slow it all down. Here’s a list of 25 easy, down-to-earth ways to be more mindful in the new year. Try a few and see what sticks!

4 Ways Mindfulness Can Help With Anxiety

There’s no denying that anxiety has become a common experience for many of us. The constant demands of work, relationships, and everyday life can easily….

Bev Bishop9 January 2025

How To Practice Mindfulness In One Minute or Less + FREE Printable

Imagine being able to press reset on your brain during a hectic day and experience calm and peace whenever you wanted to. Sound too good to be true? That’s what I thought. But……

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7 Relaxing and Calming Exercises to Ease Anxiety

If you’re feeling anxious, stressed or overwhelmed, you’re not alone. I used to think I was the only one who experienced depression and anxiety, and yet the more I speak to people…

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A Fun + Creative Way To Change Your Mindset - Free Printable

Ever feel like you’re getting nowhere? Like life is a struggle and that all your hard work is futile? Know that feeling well and it’s not a nice one. You’re constantly looking at what you don’t have and how much it looks as though you’re not getting……

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How I Use Tracing To Calm My Anxiety

If you’ve ever experienced anxious or overwhelming thoughts, then you’ll understand how debilitating and derailing they can be. One minute you’re feeling fine and going about your day and the next minute, it’s like something has….

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2 Important Things To Know About Negative Thoughts

Ahhh, negative thoughts - don’t you love them?

Not!!!

They can be so relentless. No matter how hard you try to overcome them, they persist.

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6 Simple Grounding Exercises To Quiet Your Negative Thoughts

Have you heard of grounding? You may first associate grounding with……

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7 Things Mindfulness Isn't

Sometimes in order to try and understand a concept, I look at it from a different point of view. This is something that I’ve been practicing for a few years.

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7 Reasons To Start Mindful Tracing This Year

When I first had the idea for Mindful Tracing, my initial response was; “Don’t be silly……

The Incredible Benefits of Mindful Tracing

When I first had the idea of tracing, my brain’s response was, “Don’t be silly. Tracing is for….

4 Ways To Bring More Mindfulness Into Your Life

Have you ever driven somewhere only to get to your destination and not remember driving there? What about reading a book, magazine or newspaper and not being able to remember what you just read? Or….

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