The Modernday Mindful - A mindfulness and spirituality blog

Practice Makes Perfect: 10 Daily Mindfulness Exercises

I mention mindfulness in all of my posts, it is part of my blog title, but I have never offered up a list of simple, real exercises to...

Why Love is Totally Overrated (sort of)

How many of you have pined for a soul mate? Someone who just meets all of your needs. Someone whom you love so deeply that you feel...

Coping with Loss and Experiencing Growth the Mindful Way

I’ve been through a lot of loss and heartache lately. I don’t like to share too much personal information on these posts but for the sake...

Mind Your Mouth, Will You? (An introduction to mindful eating)

I watch my kids sometimes—while they’re eating. They zone out while stuffing bits of food in their precious mouths. They often talk while...

How Hay Fever Taught Me to Love.

Hay fever. I hate hay fever. I hate hay fever so much that I want to take a torch to my nose. I am so sick and tired of having to just...

How to Find Your Spark!

When I was 10 years old, I used to love it when the mail came. I’d run to the mailbox, hoping to find my magazines inside. If one came,...

How Do You Do It All?

People ask me this question all the time: “How do you do it all?” I literally hear this at least once a day. It’s sometimes a little...

Will Mindfulness Bring About the Zombie Apocalypse?

Many people wonder if those who practice mindfulness are walking around so detached from the world around them that they seem more like...

Will You Be Alive at 50?

While I rushed from work, dodging red lights and slow poke drivers in front of me, I frantically searched for a parking spot while...

How to be a Mindful Parent. Or, How to Stick To All Your Parenting Resolutions.

The pasta I was cooking just boiled over onto my stove. Two of my three children are screaming insults at each other, and one of them...

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