Mindfulness Bites

Skill building: Better focus. Better breaks. breaks flow focus Mar 29, 2022

Today’s post focuses on two related but complementary concepts: Focus and Breaks. Both are essential to productivity and effectiveness. Both are also essential to wellbeing. To introduce them, let’s talk about the Pomodoro Technique. 

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management...

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Coping with Grief grief Mar 22, 2022

Grief: deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement

-Merriam-Webster

Lauren Herschel captured grief in a viral twitter thread in 2017, and it remains one of the best descriptions of the grief experience we have seen: The Ball in a Box Analogy. It goes like this: There’s a...

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Experiment with choosing Joy happiness joy Mar 15, 2022

At Mindfulness Incubator, our blog posts, articles and resources often follow our lives. We write about what we need to learn, what we need to grow, what we need to practice. We use the opportunity to develop new perspectives on the world, to run experiments in our lives and explore new...

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Busyness Busting: Say yes to say no busy busting priorities Mar 08, 2022

In this 2012 research, “40% of working mothers and 34% of working fathers say they always

feel rushed”.

Being “Time Poor” is one way we describe this phenomenon of being constantly rushed and hurried. Unfortunately, those who are time poor have a cluster of less than ideal...

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The Mindful Shopping List - Products that actually make life better favorite things mindful shopping Mar 01, 2022

The days are gradually getting longer, there’s a little bit more sunshine. Whispers of spring cleaning and organization are in the air!

Are you looking up to freshen up your home? Or are you wondering if you’re missing out on some products that could legitimately make a difference in...

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Morning Routines - The magic of starting your days off with intention morning routine Feb 22, 2022

What do the first few hours of your day look like? 

Do you wake up feeling like you’re already behind? Are they a mad dash to get everyone out the door? Are you already exhausted and defeated by the frantic chaos of getting everyone ready and out the door? 

There has to be a...

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Work Life Balance - 7 top strategies from the collective wisdom of career women wellness work life balance Feb 15, 2022

“How do you do it all?” It’s a question born more out of necessity and survival than admiration. How on earth are we supposed to work full time at our demanding careers, raise well-adjusted, kind humans, contribute to our communities, maintain our physical and mental wellbeing,...

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Mindful Connection: The antidote to loneliness and isolation connection mindful Feb 08, 2022

As the pandemic trudges on, we are gaining a better understanding of the mental and emotional consequences that come with the isolation so many of us feel. Social interactions have plummeted: we are connecting less, even though it feels like we are busier than ever. 

Humans are social...

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9 ways to reconnect to yourself: Stepping off the treadmill of obligation to rediscover your voice burnout overwhelm reconnect renew Feb 01, 2022

It’s February. Of our third year of this pandemic. Unfortunately, the end has not yet arrived, we are still in this. So here we are, staring down yet another year of uncertainty, of trying to hold it all together, of sickness and loss. Of having to make impossible decisions that pit...

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Mindfulness: Making peace when all your options suck endure hardship mindful mindfulness Jan 25, 2022

Coping with the demands of work and home takes a toll in the best of times. 

The pressure of competing demands takes a toll on everyone, but it seems to be especially crushing for working mothers. Women are more likely to carry a greater share of both visible and invisible family...

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Perception: A tool to Mindfully manage your Work Life mindful work perception work work life Jan 18, 2022

 Our goal at Mindfulness Incubator is to share practical tools, insights and tips to help you live with more space and intention. Today’s post focuses on helping you manage your work life. 

Many professionals assume that the key to success is to put your head down and do good...

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8 Practical tips to improve your eating habits in 2022 2022 eating habits goals hacks upgrade your habits Jan 11, 2022

 According to Statistica, the 10 most popular New Year’s resolutions are:

  1. Exercise more
  2. Lose weight
  3. Get organized
  4. Learn a new skill or hobby 
  5. Live life to the fullest
  6. Save more money / spend less money
  7. Quit smoking
  8. Spend more time with family and friends
  9. Travel more
  10. Read more

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