Mindful Activity What’s Underneath Your Discomfort?

What’s Underneath Your Discomfort?

Thomas offers a journaling prompt for understanding the thoughts, feelings, and insecurities that lie beneath our discomfort. Grab a pen and paper to write, or just take a moment to reflect.

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Hi, Thomas here. Welcome to this moment of reflection and journaling on our journey of seeking discomfort. By understanding our discomfort, we can learn how to work with it so we can then move past it. For example, if you're working through your fear of public speaking, what else have you noticed about this fear? Maybe you've realized you're afraid of making mistakes or failing. Oftentimes, discomfort can reveal to us that there is more to it than we anticipated. I'm curious if that's the same for you. Let's grab a pen and paper or whatever you like to journal with, and take a moment to reflect or journal. The prompt for today is what have you discovered about yourself or others that was underneath or masked by discomfort? What have you discovered about yourself or others that was underneath or masked by discomfort? We'll give you a few minutes now to reflect on this, but feel free to take whatever time you need. (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) Thank you for joining me for this reflection exercise. If you found this helpful, share this exercise with a friend who is reaching outside of their comfort zone....

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TypeMindful Activity

Duration5 min

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A former Buddhist monk, Andy has guided people in meditation and mindfulness for 20 years. In his mission to make these practices accessible to all, he co-created the Headspace app in 2010.
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Eve is a mindfulness teacher, overseeing Headspace’s meditation curriculum. She is passionate about sharing meditation to help others feel less stressed and experience more compassion in their lives.
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