Living in the Moment

This is indeed a stressful time for many of us. Unemployment is rising as icebergs are sinking. Many of us are worried and anxious about the election, the environment, our jobs, and more.

We need to live more in the moment. Living in the moment—also called mindfulness—is a state of active, open, intentional attention on the present. When you become mindful, you realize that you are not your thoughts; you become an observer of your thoughts from moment to moment without judging them. Mindfulness involves being with your thoughts as they are, neither grasping at them nor pushing them away. Instead of letting your life go by without living it, you awaken to experience.

Read the Six Steps to Living in the Moment in Psychology Today.