Ronald Alexander, PhD is a Featured Blogger on the Huffington Post and Psychology Today
No Time to Meditate? Think Again!
The benefits of meditation are many and varied from reducing stress to increasing one's cognition and creativity. Many people think that they have to flee to a monastery or spend hours a day sitting in a lotus position to receive these benefits. Wrong! Read More to learn 3 easy meditations to improve your life.
The Cause & Effect of Mindful Leadership (co-authored with Brian Culkin BA)
The idea of Cause and Effect has been discussed and debated throughout the ages. Cause is an
emanation point. It is the source. It is the point in space where something originates. Effect is the receipt
point. Read More on how to be a mindful leader
The Four Myths About Meditation
The majority of my clients resist mindfulness meditation at first, although the time commitment is small and the payoff is enormous. Typically, those who resist meditation are buying in to one of the four common myths from my book, "Wise Mind, Open Mind" that create resistance to regular mindfulness meditation practice. Learn More about these myths.
3 Steps to Creatively Transform Any Crisis, Loss or Change
I believe that within all of us lies dormant the potential for tremendous transformation that can lead to greater happiness. You too can open yourself up to the possibility of creatively transforming any crisis, loss or change in your life by following this three-step process based upon my book, "Wise Mind, Open Mind." Learn More on how to bring more clarity into your life.
Improve Your Relationships with Wise Speech
There was a great deal of media focus on Mel Gibson's abusive outbursts against his girlfriend. From both a Buddhist (non-violent) and a healthy psychological view, if you have an unwholesome intention and are consciously choosing to manipulate or hurt others, you're limiting your own capacity for change and stunting the creative unfolding of your own life. Learn How to recognize if you have wise speech.
The Demons of the Ego Mind
Doesn't everyone desire happiness, joy, bliss, and peace? Then why are so many people stuck in unhealthy or unfulfilling jobs and relationships? Learn How the limitations of your ego are stopping you from following your heart and passions.
Hungry Ghosts: The Wanting Mind of Depression
As a therapist in Los Angeles, I've seen more than my share of patients who are dealing with various forms of depression and unhappiness. One common personality trait I've found with them is their unwholesome thoughts and beliefs that come from what I call the "wanting mind." Learn More about the key to lasting happiness.
Recovering from Sorrow, Loss and Heartache
Sometimes, when we are recovering from sorrow, loss or heartache we feel the need to push aside our grief lest it overwhelms us with its intensity. This is understandable, but the longer you avoid your pain and attempt to push it away, the more difficult it will be to break out of your paralysis. Discover How to live, learn, and heal through your crisis.
Mindfulness Meditation and Addiction
One of the first steps in dealing with addiction is to discover the emotional cause of it, whether it is fear, depression, anxiety, or pessimism. Mindfulness practice helps us develop the capacity to see clearly exactly what we’re attached to so that we can let go of it and end our suffering. Learn More on how unwholesome and hidden beliefs and resistance to change affect addiction.
Mindfully Managing Stress
Stress is primarily caused by external triggers and how we deal and process it depends upon our constitution and temperament. People who handle stress mindfully will tend to be less reactive, are more macro focused on the “big picture” and have a thicker skin. Those who are micro focused on the little details are usually more reactive and thinned skinned. Learn the Key to dealing with a stressful situation.
Learn How to Become a Mindful Leader
Everyone can benefit from being a mindful leader, a mindful manager, a mindful assistant, even a mindful parent, wife or husband as it applies to one’s personal and business life. A mindful leader leads from a position of mindful awareness, or what I call mindstrength, by knowing how to respond with awareness instead of reaction and how to make everyone on their team feel recognized, affirmed and valued. Learn More on how to be a minful leader in all aspects of your life.
How to Make Real Change in Your Life
Want to make a change in your life? Whether it’s losing weight, a career change, or remaking a relationship if you want to make any real and lasting changes then you can’t do it alone. For real success you initially need to build a Wisdom Council of Support. Learn More on how to create your own council of support to help you successfully make the changes yoiu desire in your life. |
