Momentology

Relationships

It's Not About You

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on April 23, 2024

Instead of having an endless list of "pet peeves," what if you could learn to leave others' preferences alone and take ownership of your own reactions?

Instead of having an endless list of "pet peeves," what if you could learn to leave others' preferences alone and take ownership of your own reactions?

Personal Perspectives

The Scam of Life Balance

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on March 20, 2024

A Personal Perspective: Reframing our expectations away from rigid concepts like "balance" can help us ease into what's more possible daily: the art of balancing.

A Personal Perspective: Reframing our expectations away from rigid concepts like "balance" can help us ease into what's more possible daily: the art of balancing.

Mindfulness

How to Manage Your Comparison-Prone Mind

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on February 12, 2024

Instead of allowing the comparing your mind does to steal joy in daily life, how about channelling your comparing in beneficial ways?

Instead of allowing the comparing your mind does to steal joy in daily life, how about channelling your comparing in beneficial ways?

Career

The Antifragile Mindset of Next-Level Entrepreneurs

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on January 22, 2024

Instead of cliches of bolstering resilience, entrepreneurs and those creating change can learn to engage the discomforts of innovation, becoming "antifragile" in the process.

Instead of cliches of bolstering resilience, entrepreneurs and those creating change can learn to engage the discomforts of innovation, becoming "antifragile" in the process.

Relationships

Be a Compassion Warrior in Your Close Relationships

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on December 18, 2023

Are you willing to "weaponize" love by feeling, speaking, and acting on what resonates and matters in key moments in your relationships?

Are you willing to "weaponize" love by feeling, speaking, and acting on what resonates and matters in key moments in your relationships?

Mindfulness

Leave Burnout Behind, Embrace the Enchantment of Now

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on December 6, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Instead of meditating to improve yourself or reduce stress, how about mindfully learning to connect with this moment's magic?

A Personal Perspective: Instead of meditating to improve yourself or reduce stress, how about mindfully learning to connect with this moment's magic?

Relationships

The Truth-Talking Express

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on December 4, 2023

Instead of losing games of blame in your relationships, what if you could stop trying to win, and start connecting and creating by learning to speak the truth of the moment?

Instead of losing games of blame in your relationships, what if you could stop trying to win, and start connecting and creating by learning to speak the truth of the moment?

Artificial Intelligence

Why Artificial Intelligence Hasn’t Mastered Meditation—Yet

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on November 14, 2023

Are you ready to unplug from the Matrix? Instead of being asleep in your daily life, you can harness your capacity for mindful awareness in ways A.I. can't (for now).

Are you ready to unplug from the Matrix? Instead of being asleep in your daily life, you can harness your capacity for mindful awareness in ways A.I. can't (for now).

Relationships

Forget Fairness

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on November 6, 2023

"It's not fair!" is not only a childhood rant. How might your rigid perceptions of unfairness in relationships benefit from a good loosening?

"It's not fair!" is not only a childhood rant. How might your rigid perceptions of unfairness in relationships benefit from a good loosening?

Relationships

Three Empowering Ways We’re All the Same

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on November 1, 2023

Weary of growing polarization and discord? Own moments of experience and notice the common (humanity) denominators underneath all peoples' differences and defenses.

Weary of growing polarization and discord? Own moments of experience and notice the common (humanity) denominators underneath all peoples' differences and defenses.

Child Development

4 Essential "Inner Skills" Everyone Should Learn

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on October 24, 2023

We acquire inner skills of managing challenges mostly haphazardly and often via poor modeling. It's time to learn what you should have been taught when you were a kid.

We acquire inner skills of managing challenges mostly haphazardly and often via poor modeling. It's time to learn what you should have been taught when you were a kid.

Relationships

Learning to Not Be the Jerk With Knee-Jerk Reactions

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on October 15, 2023

The end to ignoring, blaming, shaming, and hating each other begins with owning moments of thought, feeling, and action. We can and should learn how.

The end to ignoring, blaming, shaming, and hating each other begins with owning moments of thought, feeling, and action. We can and should learn how.

Relationships

Has Someone Upset You? The Pain Is Yours

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on October 1, 2023

Instead of staying trapped in disempowering roles in relationships, learn to bring awareness and action into every moment.

Instead of staying trapped in disempowering roles in relationships, learn to bring awareness and action into every moment.

Mindfulness

Breaking Up With Your Smartphone

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on September 29, 2023

Learn to bring greater awareness to how you use your screens and learn to use them without being used by them.

Learn to bring greater awareness to how you use your screens and learn to use them without being used by them.

Humor

Mirthfulness: Humor for Managing Mucked Relationship Moments

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on September 19, 2023

Anyone can take in—own—a given moment and find an angle, a frame, a spin on the suck of things highlighting the shared frustrations of this life "ride" we're all on.

Anyone can take in—own—a given moment and find an angle, a frame, a spin on the suck of things highlighting the shared frustrations of this life "ride" we're all on.

Therapy

The Benefits of Thinking Like a Shrink

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on September 15, 2023

Therapists are effective when paying attention to the therapy relationship. You can learn how to think about your relationship "alliances" in similar ways.

Therapists are effective when paying attention to the therapy relationship. You can learn how to think about your relationship "alliances" in similar ways.

Relationships

Momentology: Learn to Own Moments With Others

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on September 9, 2023

You're tired of conflict and predictable stuckness in various relationships. Now, it's time to learn to harness the only thing you actually have in relationships—moments.

You're tired of conflict and predictable stuckness in various relationships. Now, it's time to learn to harness the only thing you actually have in relationships—moments.

Altruism

Cultivate the Habit of 'Givitude'

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on September 7, 2023

Go far beyond giving as a to-do list item. Make givitude a practice that dramatically expands your relationships.

Go far beyond giving as a to-do list item. Make givitude a practice that dramatically expands your relationships.

Mindfulness

How to Stop "Nexting"

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on September 4, 2023

You, me, all of us are "nexters"—looking ahead to the next pleasurable, rewarding "thing" coming (often via a device!). Learn to own your moments.

You, me, all of us are "nexters"—looking ahead to the next pleasurable, rewarding "thing" coming (often via a device!). Learn to own your moments.

Mindfulness

Getting Super Real in Daily Life

Mitch Abblett Ph.D. on August 31, 2023

Instead of getting lost in your limitations, learn to embrace the inner habit of "going super" in your awareness of daily moments of relationships and work.

Instead of getting lost in your limitations, learn to embrace the inner habit of "going super" in your awareness of daily moments of relationships and work.