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Thanks again Kurt, it’s good to speak to someone who has been through something similar to me. That is a good idea I think trying to learn to recognize when these stressful feelings are occurring and learning to pull myself away from them and back to whatever I am doing whether it is work, meditation or whatever I am focused on at that time. It is…[Read more]

Thanks Ivan and Kurt, I will probably have to read all your comments more than once to fully appreciate them, but ultimately will have to work at being less attached to my goals in the way both of you have suggested, so thanks for your help.

Matt, My personal motivation for meditating in the first place is to help me deal with anxiety. I am…[Read more]

Thanks Ivan, Thinking about what you have said one idea I have had is to focus on the feeling of each breath as much as I can and trying to make my focus better than the last one, like a game finding positiveness when it is improved.

One of the things I liked about “The Mind Illuminated,” was the structure and gradually introducing techniques…[Read more]