by Leigh Tremaine | Mindfulness, Self-Development
Emotional intelligence measures how effectively we perceive, understand, evaluate, manage, express, and respond to our emotions and those of others. Think of emotional intelligence as emotional maturity. We can increase emotional intelligence by becoming more...
by Leigh Tremaine | Mindfulness, Wellness
Comfort eating or emotional eating is the automatic compulsion or craving to eat in order to relieve stress, emotional difficulties, emptiness, and boredom. This is a maladaptive, avoidant strategy and is often unconsciously driven. Many people try to stop comfort...
by Leigh Tremaine | Meditation, Mindfulness, Self-Development
This simple but powerful mindfulness of breath meditation helps you disengage from the endless cycle of automatic thoughts and emotions that trap you in overthinking and reactivity. It allows you to anchor your attention in the present moment upon your breath. This...
by Leigh Tremaine | Meditation, Self-Development, Wellness
A mindfulness body scan is a simple but powerful mindfulness technique that helps us to become more aware of and present in our body, in the here and now, by directing our full attention to each part of the body and how it is feeling or not feeling. By paying...
by Leigh Tremaine | Mindfulness, Wellness
Optimum nutrition is essential for health and wellbeing, and can be assisted with mindfulness. In today’s mass society, the practice of eating healthily to obtain optimum nutrition and wellness is often the exception rather than the norm. This is not surprising...
