Hey everyone, it's K-Sunga here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand

new call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers, along with

some amazing new friends, are answering your questions about relationships, work, life,

mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've ever

created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every Tuesday

on the Headspace app and anywhere that you listen to podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Greetings. My name is K-Sunga and I welcome you this Monday to Radio Headspace.

And Happy New Year. For me, I feel an enhanced sense of starting a new on my birthday and then

again on New Year's Day. It's a truly great feeling and I'm not alone in this feeling,

hence the notion of making New Year's resolutions. Every year many people make New Year's resolutions

and some stick to them while many do not. So in the spirit of the New Year and New Year's

resolutions, I thought I would do things a little differently with these episodes. For the

first eight days of this New Year, I will focus on one of the eight concepts of mindfulness

and briefly discuss how it can be helpful in guiding us to accomplish our New Year's

resolution or resolutions. And just to remind you of what the concepts are. They are non-judging,

notations, acceptance, trust, non-striving, letting go, beginners' mind, and humor.

Humor is kind of that honorable mention that I like to include.

So let's begin with non-judging, which is the concept that's really at the heart of mindfulness.

It's actually included in the definition of what mindfulness is, paying attention to the

present moment on purpose and without judgment.

As human beings, we tend to judge everything. It's almost like it's in our nature. We judge

others and other people's situations, and we judge ourselves in our own situations. And

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