Mindful Living Archives

We Can Disagree, Without Being Disagreeable

by Emily Madill | Nov 10, 2020 | Joyful Habits, Mindful Living

How often are you right? I’m guessing you’re right more than you’re wrong. Me too! That’s usually a point most of us can agree on. I’ll never forget the summer morning I experienced a perspective shift on the cost of being right, and the value of disagreeing...

Leaning in to Your “Now” Normal

by Emily Madill | May 17, 2020 | Happiness Tips, Mindful Living

This global pandemic has unveiled how fleeting and precious life is. Perhaps now it’s easier to see that we aren’t invincible — that life is a gift. But when our urge to grip on to our old way of life is so acute, it’s easy to forget that the good old days had...

What Our Assumptions Say about Our Blind Spots

by Emily Madill | Apr 27, 2020 | Happiness Tips, Mindful Living

Or, how I wasted three hours of precious alone time worrying. How many times a day do you assume you know what others are thinking? How often do you assume you know what will happen next? Do you ever, ahem, make these assumptions when you have no evidence to back them...

How to Talk Yourself into a Feel-Good Day

by Emily Madill | Mar 4, 2020 | Happiness Tips, Mindful Living

And I mean that literally Imagine it’s Monday morning. On this particular Monday morning, you feel really good — you’re looking forward to the day ahead. But then one thing or another happens. Maybe you get distracted by the news or an upsetting text message. Or you...

3 Strategies to Prevent Others from Defining Who You Are—Whether You’re 13 or 93

by Emily Madill | Feb 4, 2020 | Mindful Living, Self-Love

Our reputation matters. It influences our employment, our relationships and the degree to which we fit in. But what is the cost of allowing others to shape and define who we are? I’m entering the decade of raising teenagers. Over the next ten years, my two sons will...

The Power of Visualization and Why it May Be Easier than You Think

by Emily Madill | Sep 11, 2019 | Goals, Mindful Living

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius When you wake up in the morning, what is the first thing you do? As you drift off to sleep at night, what kind of thoughts pass...