In this book, Phillip Moffitt offers practical tools to use to live a less stressful and more purposeful, meaningful, and enjoyable life. He focuses on how mindfulness and intention can lead us to respond skillfully to challenging situations in our daily lives and thereby feel a greater sense of well-being.
Many people lack clarity about their goals, values, and intentions. As we live out the chaos of our lives, it is inevitable that our goals, values, and intentions become enmeshed. However, they are essential reference points for staying true to ourselves and bringing clarity to confusing situations in daily life.
Identifying your core values and then creating a few essential intentions that you are mindful of moment-to-moment in the midst of the chaos of daily life can help you stay in balance and clear-minded. Here is a worksheet we use with clients and in workshops that you can download and fill out to identify your own values and intentions.
A crucial skill for minimizing emotional chaos and sustaining clarity in your life is the ability to distinguish between your experience and your interpretation of your experience.
A crucial skill for minimizing emotional chaos and sustaining clarity in your life is the ability to distinguish between your experience and your interpretation of your experience.
Applying mindfulness to decision making leads to clearer thinking and to staying connected to your core values, which is crucial to your peace of mind. Mindful decision-making enables you to go beneath the surface level of your moment-to-moment life experience, which is clouded with emotions, to see the truth of what is happening.
The need to self-soothe is not a weakness. It is a sign of maturity to be able to acknowledge this basic human need and have tools to respond skillfully. Here are instructions for a meditation to practice during hard times.