Hey guys, my name is John Kim. I'm a licensed therapist and life coach putting

self betterment into a shot class because let's face it who's got that much time

these days. I come unpolished, unrehearsed, on purpose.

If you're looking for more of a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place.

Also I want to mention some big news. Journey is now affiliated with

Wonder Lust. We're the only life coaching company to partner with them and myself

Noel and many of our catalyst Life Coaches will beanda Lestratton, which is in Vermont, from June 21st through the 24th.

If you want to join us, you can get 10% off tickets using the code JRNI 2018 go to wanderlust.com and look for

Stratton I hope to see you there. All right let's talk about mindfulness another

wellness buzzword.

A lot of people wear the t-shirt, not many people actually do it, including myself.

But this year, I've actually put some effort into the execution piece, and I wanted to share some tips

tips or if not maybe this can just be a reminder while you're driving or

whatever you're doing to start today to be mindful.

First what is mindfulness? Like what is the point of it? How's it work? For me,

mindfulness is almost a spiritual practice in that it not only ground you, it snaps you into the present almost instantly. And so what happens is throughout the day because of our thoughts and our

mental drift we're pulled out of the present, right? So we are constantly thinking and dwelling, worrying,

obsessing.

And what happens is we actually are not living life, we're kind of just

going through the motion. So we're doing a lot of tasks, but we're not using our senses,

we're not grounded, and of course this creates anxiety.

We're like, we're grayed out and we're floating.

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