Setting Intentions and How to Manifest Your Deepest Desires
By mindfully tapping into your deep-down desires when you're setting intentions, you can align your values with the way you live your life. Read More
Articles by Elaine Smookler
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Creativity
To Manifest What You Want, Passion Will Spark Your Intentions, Not Pressure
It's draining to reach for what you want when you're disconnected from passion. Here are 7 steps to investigate what drives you, so you can get clear on staying the course. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Trust Exercise: What It Means to Trust Yourself
It feels dangerous out there. When you engage mindful awareness, you offer yourself an edge to meet lifeβs chaos with creativity and compassion. Read More
Gratitude
Gratitude Practice: Savor the Moment by Tapping into Your Senses
Cultivate gratitude for life's small delights and savor the moment as you move through the senses. Read More
Focus & Attention
Game Over? Tips and Techniques for Mindful Gaming
Playing video games can help you feel energized and engaged, but they can also be a huge drain on your well-being. Hereβs an intro to gaming mindfully, using simple habits to help you keep playing (and feeling) your best. Read More
Depression & Grief
When Grief Hits During the Holidays
Grief often hits the hardest during holidays and special events. Although the pain is unavoidable, we can support ourselves by making space for it, finding connection, and being kind to ourselves. Read More
Creativity
Bring Back Your Spark
How do you let your inner light shine, even when things get tough? It begins with a spirit of curiosity, writes beloved mindfulness teacher Elaine Smooker. Read More
Meditation Practices
A Guided Walking Meditation to Connect With Your Senses
Mindful walking can be a way to awaken our delight as we notice the sights, smells, and sounds in our surroundings. Read More
Depression & Grief
New Life, Whoβs This? Rediscovering Who You Are When Everything Has Changed
Grief can take so much from usβincluding our identity. After a loss of any kind, mindfulness can help us develop the stability we need in order to explore what we might become next. Read More
Depression & Grief
A 12-Minute Meditation for Navigating Grief Anniversaries
This week, Elaine Smookler invites us into a practice that gently supports us in honoring and processing our feelings during these tender times. Read More
