The Happy Dala

Designing my own original, happy life by doing more with less... emphasizing mindfulness, self-compassion, empathy, and productivity.

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Mindful Nation UK Report on Mental Health in Public Policy - Mindful

The report's recommendations are practical, based on a summary of existing evidence for mindfulness.

This is great news! Let's hope every other country follows suit and incorporates mindfullness practices into their national policy.

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How to Be More Compassionate at Work - Mindful

How compassion can short-circuit stressors in the workplace.

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The 3 Things That Helped Me Finally Stick with Meditation - Sonima

After years of knowing the benefits of mindfulness and striving to build a daily meditation practice, a few simple mental shifts made all the difference.

All three, same here :)

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The Five Myths of Self-Compassion By Kristin Neff

Most people don’t have any problem with seeing compassion as a thoroughly commendable quality. It seems to refer to an amalgam of unquestionably good qualities: kindness, mercy, tenderness, benevolence, understanding, empathy, sympathy, and fellow-feeling, along with an impulse to help other living creatures, human or animal, in distress.

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Someone I know posted this on Facebook so I'm in no way taking credit for this... but I think this is something that should be displayed in schools AND workplaces.

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Mindful Eating for a Healthier Brain-Gut Connection - Mindful

It might be impossible to heal a distressed gut without considering the impact of stress and emotion.

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Great idea!

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9 Things Every Parent with an Anxious Child Should Try

As all the kids line up to go to school, your son, Timmy, turns to you and says, “I don’t want to take the bus. My stomach hurts. Please don’t make me go.” You cringe and think, Here we go again. What should be a simple morning...

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Lifehack Presents: The Mindfulness Meditation Mini Guide

The Mindfulness Meditation Mini Guide will help you overcome the dissatisfaction and disease in your work and personal life.

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7 Things Mindful People Do Differently and How To Get Started - Mindful

Elisha Goldstein on the ways we can increase the intention of being more present in our lives.

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What is Mindfulness?

My head looks like my browser—I've got 42 tabs open at once. Maybe your head looks the same. Mindfulness, to me, is closing 41 of those tabs and focusing on just the one.