Tranquility DeJure, June 12th, 2017.

Hello there and welcome to the 398th edition of Tranquility DeJure.

Today's episode is Making Peace with Your Mind, with Mark Coleman.

In this episode, you're going to learn two essential skills needed to navigate life storms,

how to free yourself from the inner critic, tools for dealing with that darn inner critic,

and then the therapeutic power of nature, which I'm sure many of you are already fully aware

about.

But it's really nice to hear it from someone who actually leads nature retreats and believes

in this wholeheartedly.

Now, the great thing about this podcast is he is a therapist and a mindfulness teacher. So you're going to get lots and lots of goodness.

And before we hear from him, I wanted to mention a couple links that I'm also going to have in the show notes, which are links to some recent blog posts.

So instead of doing weeks in review lately, I did a month in review. So in May. So you'll see some

fun photos. There's a link to that. And then again, a lot, a huge list of savvy sources.

I collect them throughout the week and I had been sharing them in my week in review. But since I haven't

been doing those as much lately for the first time in like 10, 12 years, I thought, well, a month in review might be fun. So I hope you all enjoyed that. I did that last week. And again, there's a link in the show notes. I also did a list of everyday mindful moments. So some things that might be helpful, you know, because sometimes we think, oh, I need to set aside a weekend and go on a retreat or I, you know, have to have a full day with nothing to do in order to really have like a mindful moment drop in and try to become more grounded.

And so I wrote a list of some various things, such as reading in a cafe, journaling, which is how I prefer to start my day, just sitting in a

park and having your phone tucked away in your purse, where you actually look around and listen

to the sounds, the birds, the people. Spending time with animals, of course, is one of my favorite

ways to take a mindful

moment. Also snapping photos. On the way to my office last week, I snapped some photos of some

beautiful pink hydrangeas and shared that on Instagram. And, you know, to me, that's a mindful

moment, savoring and then sharing. Drinking in green juice, of course, which is how I also love to start my mornings,

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