When it comes to dealing with our inner selves versus our outer circumstances, being proactive means different things for each of those aspects of ourselves. While the inner work includes practices of gratitude, mindfulness, and nonjudgment, the external or physical work includes demonstrating non-reactivity and emotional maturity so that no one is traumatized by the experience. While the inner processes that you go through will be no one’s business but your own, your external responses…

It seems that when we think about “outer circumstances,” it almost has a negative connotation to it. However, outer circumstances can be anything, and one of the main ideas behind mindfulness is getting to a point where your external circumstances don’t have an effect on your energy, mood, or ability to function. This sounds like a logical and reasonable practice—common sense, even—but when it comes to actually putting it into practice, we have to first…

Are you the type of person who effortlessly rolls with the punches or do you get stuck on certain aspects of experience and feel powerless to move forward? While these two outlooks can seem a little extreme, the truth is that all of us have both of these capabilities, and we simply choose which one we find works the best for us and our purposes during a specific experience. Each of us is just as…