Mindfulness Bites
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...
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...
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...
In this 2012 research, “40% of working mothers and 34% of working fathers say they always
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...
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...
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...
“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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
According to Statistica, the 10 most popular New Year’s resolutions are:
- Exercise more
- Lose weight
- Get organized
- Learn a new skill or hobby
- Live life to the fullest
- Save more money / spend less money
- Quit smoking
- Spend more time with family and friends
- Travel more
- Read more
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