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The Bucket List, Surfing, and Zen

March 27, 2010 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I recently returned from my first trip to Hawaii…Aloha! I went with my family and had a wonderful time. It is truly magical there…I can […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Mindfulness Tagged With: flow, happiness, Mindfulness, surfing, well-being, zen

"A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle (book recommendation)

January 16, 2010 by Dr. Mike Brooks 3 Comments

Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author of the bestseller The Power of Now, which I read after one of my clients highly encouraged […]

Filed Under: Book & Media Recommendations, Happiness & Well-Being, Happiness & Well-Being - Book & Media Recs, Mindfulness, Mindfulness - Book & Media Recs, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: Buddhism, depression, happiness, Jesus, Mindfulness, Taoism, well-being, zen

The Way of Zen – by Alan Watts (book recommendation)

December 23, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I have almost completed The Way of Zen by Alan Watts for the second time (in audiobook format – I’m a big fan of them). […]

Filed Under: Book & Media Recommendations, Happiness & Well-Being, Happiness & Well-Being - Book & Media Recs, Mindfulness, Mindfulness - Book & Media Recs, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: Buddhism, happiness, Mindfulness, suffering, well-being, zen

Your True Nature is Pure Gold

September 2, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I read this Buddhist story about our true nature being like pure gold that I’d like to share. Imagine that I have a gold nugget […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Mindfulness, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: happiness, Mindfulness, Self-Esteem, self-worth, well-being, zen

Thinking a Different Way

July 27, 2009 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

In my last post, I reviewed the implications of Shakespeare’s quote from Hamlet, “There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.” When […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Mindfulness Tagged With: Buddhism, judgment, zen

It Is What It Is

September 3, 2007 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

Another favorite saying that I hear and use a lot is, “It is what it is.” This seemingly obvious statement holds great power if we […]

Filed Under: Happiness & Well-Being, Mindfulness, Negative Moods & Emotions Tagged With: acceptance, CBT, Choice, control, happiness, influence, mindfuless, reality, zen

Zen View of "Problems"

June 28, 2007 by Dr. Mike Brooks Leave a Comment

I’m not a Buddhist, but I like a lot of the Buddhist philosophy that I’ve read. One approach that stays with me, funny enough, was […]

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