1649: Why Does Being Present Matter? AND Do You Take Things Personally? by Genevieve Douglass with Woopaah

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🗓️ 16 June 2020

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2 short posts from Genevieve Douglass with Woopaah on why does being present matter and do you take things personally. Episode 1649: Why Does Being Present Matter? AND Do You Take Things Personally? by Genevieve Douglass with Woopaah Stella Grizont works with over achievers who are seeking deeper career fulfillment and with organizations who are dedicated to elevating the well-being of their employees. She studied Economics at Columbia University's Barnard College and was one of the first 150 people to earn a Masters in the Applied Positive Psychology (aka the science of happiness) from the University of Pennsylvania. She now lives in New Jersey with her husband and toddler, who continue to teach her what life is all about. The original post is located here: https://www.woopaah.com/blog/2013/8/29/why-does-being-present-matter.html & https://www.woopaah.com/blog/2013/8/1/do-you-take-things-personally.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 1649.
0:03.2	Why does being present matter?
0:05.6	And do you take things personally, both by Genevieve Douglas with Wupa.com,
0:11.0	and I'm just a mallock the guy that reads to you every single day of the year,
0:13.9	including weekends and holidays to help you live a more meaningful and positive life?
0:18.1	Two posts today, both from Wupa.com, so let's get right to them as we optimize your life.
0:23.6	Why does being present matter?
0:30.2	By Genevieve Douglas with Wupa.com.
0:32.7	Be in to now, he said, for about the 16-time this class, as he led us into a wide-legged forward bend.
0:40.0	Be in the now. Okay. Focus on my fatiguing hamstrings, now somewhere between a dull ache and a foaming
0:47.1	burning feeling. I'm not sure what's so fantastic about the now. I'm definitely not enjoying this.
0:52.5	So what is running into my eyes? You. When are we going to change poses?
0:56.9	I really need to bend my knees. I might be close to tearing a muscle.
1:00.5	Am I still in the now? I guess I'm frustrated. That's the now for me.
1:05.4	Is that really what he wants me to be thinking? This is just a snippet of my crazy thought train
1:09.8	during a few seconds of a yoga class in which I was struggling to be mindful.
1:13.8	Be in the now, or be mindful, or stay in the present, or all phrases that have begun to lose
1:19.5	their meaning for me. So let's refresh them. Why be in the present?
1:25.5	There's an abundance of research forming around the benefits of meditation practice.
1:30.0	Much of it is around mindfulness meditation, usually defined as paying attention in the present
1:35.5	moment non-judgmentally. Here's just a light roundup of a few of these findings. Decrease stress,
1:42.5	worry, anxiety, depression, and anger. A sense of greater well-being even when mindful for
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