My Simple, Happy, Beautiful Life

 Let me tell you, I love mindfulness. It is one of my favorite interventions and I should use it more often. Ever since I learned about it in grad school, I use it in my life. I know that sounds like a commercial...but I really mean that mindfulness has improved my life as a therapist. When people think of mindfulness, they think of zen or deep breathing. A cliche therapist saying is "take a deep breathe?" right? Well mindfulness is more than simply deep breathing. Some of my clients tell me that "deep breathing doesn't work me" so mindfulness won't work. Well, mindfulness includes so much more. Mindfulness is being present in the moment with a nonjudgmental attitude of what is occurring in the present. A huge focus of mindfulness to bringing awareness and paying attention to what is occuring right now with acceptance. Why is this important? People live in the past or future. Examples of this include people who can't move on from something happened...

I have been obsessed with England for a while and now that I went there, I don't know where I stand. England was such an amazing place with so much to do and see. So much history, architecture, culture and beauty. I absolutely loved my England trip and can't put how amazing it was in words. So, I'll show you some of my favorite parts of the trip. The summary of my trip was this, 3 days in London, 5 days in Ireland, Liverpool, Bath, Oxford, Brighton and then London.  Our first stop was at The Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Eye and Parliament. It was very crowded, so we didn't stay very long but the Big Ben was very cool to see in person.  One of my favorite places in London was the Tower Bridge. We walked across it and you can see the gold and blue on the bridge with so much detail.  The Changing of the Guards was so interesting to watch. Get there early and be prepared for some battle of the bands. The ceremony was 45 minutes long and the different band...