This week is all about mindfulness! And before you roll your eyes and pause the podcast, bear with us. Maryellen used to feel the exact same way! But since she’s come to understand it more, she really appreciates the value it can bring to your life. However, mindfulness is something she’s been letting fall to the wayside lately, so she wanted to make a conscious effort (hey, mindfulness!) to discuss it today. This episode gets into:  

• The definition of mindfulness  


• How it started in religious beliefs 


• Jon Kabat-Zinn bringing it to the western world 


• How one of his books helped to change her view on mindfulness  


• What mindfulness means to Maryellen   


• How our brains filter information in order to keep moving 


• How, in order to de-stress, sometimes we actually need to notice everything around us  


• How mindfulness helps people with anxiety by bringing them in to the present 

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