Amy Marciniak

Part 2: Stay Present

Two Tips for Staying in the Present

  • July 19, 2021 at 6:16 PM
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1. Develop a system to remind yourself to come present throughout the day. Canfield suggests this can take the form of an alarm that prompts the person to take a moment to stop and see where they are and to take very intentional breaths. This pause requires the person to take a designated and required time to take a break and to check in on where the person is and how they feel.

2. Become aware of your thoughts. This practice combines gratefulness and mindfulness. He suggests each time we spiral into negative thinking, we have to actively stop ourselves and turn our thinking into a more positive stream of thinking. If we are having trouble with thinking more positively, we can being to list what we are grateful for while in that moment.