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image by M. Lee Freedman
“Significant lifestyle change can be very difficult to initiate and even more difficult to maintain over the long haul. the mental, psychological and emotional barriers that must be overcome are often subtle yet powerful enough to overwhelm the best short-term intervention. These internal, personal barriers must be identified and addressed head-on to realize the goal of a long-term healthy lifestyle change. A key to success in this effort is mental discipline.
The term mental discipline refers to the ability to recognize and respond wisely to thoughts and feelings occurring within the mind and body. Without the skill of mindful observation, or "Mindfulness" automatic reactive patterns of thinking and perceiving, along with their associated emotional charge capture the mind's attention. One's internal experience flows from where the attention is directed and old habits of behavior, perhaps the very ones that have led to current health problems, are unwittingly encouraged and supported. Mindfulness can break the hold of these destructive patterns, and the freed energy can then be used to firmly establish any recently learned and still fragile health promoting habits.”
-John S. Shealy
This is an excerpt from an informative article called
Cultivating Mental Discipline: The Skill of Mindfulness
Here is the link to the full article http://www.bemindful.org/mind.htm
Enjoy many moments this evening
Lee
M. Lee Freedman MD, CM, FRCP(C)
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