Sherry Alamdari, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Waking up to choices and patterns which have led to destruction can feel terrifyingly painful. Even if we're the one leaving the situation or relationship we us...ually become so aware of decisions we could've made differently and perhaps even that we could've left earlier. * Whatever the space you're at in your life offer yourself compassion for the choices you made when you didn't know what you know today. Pain, is information. And hindsight offers us so much great perspective as to all of the times we were at war with our hearts and intuition.... But yet, still kept going down the seemingly painful path towards destruction. * You are human. You are learning. You are allowed to make mistakes. The catch is, you must stay committed to growing and learning from those mistakes so you can continue to offer compassion for all of the new lessons that will come your way... * Recognize that the wars we fight within are usually due to the painful space between what we know we should do and what we're actually doing. When we close that gap and choose actions from our hearts, we are no longer at war because we love our decisions, and in the end, ourselves. #createthelove See more

Mindfulness teaches us to step back and be the silent observer of our thoughts. When we notice unhelpful or negative thoughts, we give a heart instruction to th...e mind; BeMindful! This triggers a pause in which we connect as the silent observer. We notice the thought but don't do anything with it. The thought loses power as we connect with the present moment. It takes practice to acheive peace of mind. Be Mindful... Pause... Connect! www.mindfullymad.org #mindfulness #silentobserver #BeMindfulPauseConnect #mindfulpractice #peaceofmind #mindfullyMAD #mindfulnessmentor See more

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