Do you struggle with staying in the present moment?

Here are five tips for enjoying the here and now.

Welcome back to Savvy Psychologist. I'm your host Dr. Monica Johnson. Every week on this show,

I'll help you face life's challenges with evidence-based approaches, a sympathetic ear, and

zero judgment.

I got this question from a listener recently.

How can I practice mindfulness

without necessarily doing meditation? I hate breathing exercises. I hear you. Many of my

patients struggle with breathing exercises particularly in the beginning. The great thing is that meditation is only one

aspect of mindfulness. When you think about mindfulness, the ultimate goal is to live

mindfully and not simply focus on a distinct mindful moment.

This is because living mindfully keeps you connected with, and helps to deepen your experiences.

When we live unmindfully, we can be tricked into believing that we have a crystal clear picture

of ourselves and the world around us when actually it's

like looking through fogged up glasses. I'll give an example. I've been rewatching one of my O.G. reality TV shows, Flavor of Love.

While I was rewatching it on my laptop, I kept thinking,

was the picture quality really this bad back then?

Then I remembered that new technology allows us to be closer to the in-person experience.

We get the depths of color. I can see the acne that they try to cake under makeup in a way that older technology didn't allow.

Mindfulness can take you from your grandmother's 13-inch CRT TV

that she watched her stories on in the kitchen

to the best 4K that money can buy.

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