Mindfulness

On Wednesday nights until June 17 we meet to talk about mindfulness and doodle, dream and create in our affirmation journals. This Wednesday we talked about the difference between Mind or Mental Wandering & Conscious Internal Reflection, cynicism and positivity/optimism. Here’s a glimpse at some of our conversation.

Mental Wandering is defined as the mind getting off track, meandering away from the task at hand. Mind Wandering shows up as rumination, worry, fear, judgment, biases etc. Just as you would suspect, it is tied to a negative mood. More seriously, it is related to something called chronic psychological stress, suffered by millions. Chronic psychological stress is built on a mind consumed by rumination, fear and worry. 

A mind distracted by rumination, fear or worry is scattered, unfocused, unstable and impaired. 

The opposite of Mental Wandering is Conscious Internal Reflection, or a mindful mind. Evidence is showing that when…