Most of the time, we don't treat our mind or memory with the respect it deserves. We tell ourselves lies to try to convince ourselves that something will go in the direction we want it to go in. We tell ourselves lies to try to protect our feelings. We tell ourselves lies when we try to please others. We tell ourselves lies all the time. And it sucks. We really need to stop doing this. This is where the importance of self-love, self-awareness,...
Creating a positive mindset around celebrating small tasks leads to feeling more successful and is essential for staying motivated and on track towards achieving your goals or intentions. Never forget that finishing small tasks, even completely unrelated tasks, can help you build momentum and give you a sense of success. In return you're more likely to stay focused and motivated in the long run. Creating a positive mindset benefits your daily...
I am feeling an epic shift right now. An absolutely transformative shift in myself, and this mindfulness community. I felt it while in a deep meditation this morning. The meditation was lead by Tara Brach, a wonderful teacher and meditation mentor to me. In the guided session she said you can restart. You can restart this meditation. You can restart your life. And ooof, I felt that, and I started to cry. The podcast this week is an...
Update: my gut feeling was right! This post is in response to my post earlier this week on How To Trust Your Instincts. I'm adding this to the story because I just can't not celebrate the accuracy of my intuition here! Celebrate yourself, that's one of the pillars Mindful Actions is built on to help embrace confidence. In the beginning of the last post I wrote that I just had a feeling that it was going to be a good day. I wrote that in the...
Today's gonna be a good day. I can feel it. I posted a video about that in my Instagram stories this morning, because it's just one of those days. I can feel it in my gut. The sun is shining, everyone got out of the house without a hitch this morning, I finished a big work project early today, and I got some good news, and good feedback, in my email. Today is a good day. Jump to the meditation script If you want to listen to this inspirational...
Often times, we find ourselves acting through jealousy and we don't even realize it. We compare ourselves to others all the time, and social media has made this so much worse. We see other people who we think have it better than us, when we really only know a small snippet of their life. We only know the part of their life that they're showing to us. We think they have a better life than us, but do they really? How Overcoming Jealousy Can Make...
Ah, the dreaded comfort zones. The thing we hate to be stuck in, but also the thing we hate to move away from. It's a double-edged sword. One minute you're feeling down because you feel like life is passing you by and you're just sitting here doing your same routine every day, and the next minute you're terrified to go out and make actual changes. What's a high-achieving, introverted, motivated but procrastinating, exhausted woman to do?!?...
Sometimes we forget that the things we do on a daily basis are really cool. We just think "meh, that's what I'm supposed to do". But is it? You have really cool skills that not everyone has, and it's time you acknowledge that! Listen to the podcast episode below, or read the meditation script in the following section. How to be more Confident Let’s talk about appreciating your skills. The things that you do well and enjoy. The things that are...
Your brand just isn't working for you
A few years ago, on a whim, I created a Wordpress site called Adventures with Beth. I didn't really have a purpose for my site other than wanting to claim my name as my URL before someone else snatched it up. My main concern was that if someone googled my name, I wanted the search results to represent ME, and not someone else with a similar name. So I registered bethbackes.com, a boring static site that was...