51. How We Have Used Mindfulness to Help with Managing Stress

Today, Amy and Cheryl share their personal stories of how they have used mindfulness practices to help them face and manage stress in their lives.

It may be kind of hard to define what mindfulness is, but they share that when you start to develop some mindfulness practices, there are simple ways you can take and apply them in your life.

In This Podcast:

02:27 – Being in the present moment.
05:16 – The value of examining your life.
07:57 – Staying aware of your body and what it is telling you.
13:31 – Meditation.
15:00 – Give yourself a pause a few times in your day.
15:42 – Simple breathing practices.
24:07 – Using body scans to evaluate how you are doing.
26:29 – Applying mindfulness to running or other exercises.
28:44 – Finding mindfulness in mundane tasks.
32:26 – Be mindful and intentional with your words. How are you talking to yourself??
40:18 – Journaling.