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Mindful Monday
Mindful Monday is a weekly newsletter that encourages mindful reflection and intentional living. Navigate the archive below to catch up on a missed week, and review topics covered thus far. Subscribe below to get Mindful Monday delivered to your inbox each week.
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Meeting Stress from Above and Below
Stress and trauma live not only in our thoughts, but in our nervous systems. When we learn to balance meaning-making with embodiment, we create the conditions for experiences to be fully processed rather than carried forward.
Observing your distractions
Distraction can be understood as a quiet escape from a moment that feels too demanding, uncertain, or emotionally charged. When met with mindfulness instead of force, it becomes a doorway to deeper self-understanding and more sustainable progress.
Healing the Body (and the world*)
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. invites us to consider not only how we act in the world, but how we care for the bodies that carry our responses to injustice.
Offering Impactful Support
When we rush to fix someone else’s discomfort, we may be tending more to our own unease than their needs.
When Urgency becomes Avoidance
Urgency helps in many areas of life, but in emotional healing it can become a way of avoiding what needs to be felt.
The Stories We Tell
Identity offers clarity, but rigidity can close doors. Explore the psychology of self-narratives and how questioning old labels supports growth and mental health.
Responses vs. Reactions
Build responses that reflect who you are, not what your stress patterns expect.
Community as Medicine
Sharing even a small moment of joy can calm the nervous system and support your mental health.
Gratitude ≠ Happiness
Gratitude isn’t about forcing happiness — it’s about recognizing what still supports us when life feels uncertain.
The Myth of “Someday”
We spend so much of life waiting for the perfect moment — but what if meaning begins now?
When Inner Conflict Shows Up in Relationships
Conflict doesn’t always signal disconnection — sometimes it reveals what’s unacknowledged within us.
The Addiction of Stress
Explore how the body can mistake constant activation for safety — and learn simple, trauma-informed ways to retrain your nervous system to rest, regulate, and rediscover calm.
When stillness feels unfamiliar
We often promise ourselves rest once things calm down — but they rarely do. When the body equates busyness with safety, slowing down can feel unsafe.
What does it mean to accept?
When life veers off course, our instinct is to resist — to argue with what’s already true. Yet resistance rarely brings relief; it deepens our suffering.
What do algorithms teach us about life?
Just like algorithms feed us more of what we click on, life reflects back the mindsets and habits we give our attention to.
The Cost of Overconsumption
Discover how to spot the signs of information overload and learn simple strategies to pause, reset, and engage with news and social media in a way that supports clarity, rest, and peace of mind.
Freeze ≠ Rest
Freeze may feel like rest, but it drains us—keeping the body tense and the mind unsettled. True rest restores by softening the body, steadying the breath, and opening space for renewal. Noticing the difference helps us shift from survival mode into genuine restoration.
Mindfulness and Joy
Healing isn’t only about tending to pain — it’s also about noticing small joys that remind us life is more than suffering. Mindful attention to these moments balances the nervous system, builds resilience, and softens the edges of what hurts.