Tag Archives: Grit
Self Regulation III – Morning Mindfulness: The Mind & The Inextinguishable Flame
The candlelight flame is an ancient Indian symbol of undivided attention. It is said that if we leave the mind to its own devices (to entropy!), the flame of attention will scatter into thousands of tiny lights pointing in thousands … Continue reading →
Posted in Focus & Clarity, Metacognition, Observation, Preparing the Mind, Self-Regulation, Sleep, Stillness
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Tagged Balance, emotions, Focus, Grit, Learning, Meditation, Mind/Body, mindfulness, Observing, Relaxation, Self-Regulation, Sleep, Stillness
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On Struggle (Part 3): In Conversation With Struggle
In the my last article, On Struggle (Part 2): Embracing the Evolving Mind, I promised to post my meditation on understanding struggle and embracing the evolving mind. Today’s post is primarily a video containing a meditation with the background image … Continue reading →
Posted in Anxiety & Struggle, Grit, Metacognition, Preparing the Mind
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Tagged BefriendingStruggle, Grit, Growth, Learning, Struggle
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On Struggle (Part 2): Embracing the Evolving Mind
At the core of productive struggle is a practice in which the mind accommodates new experiences and ideas by first allowing room for the questioning, and if necessary, loss of pre-existing notions. This practice is simply represented in the following … Continue reading →
Posted in Anxiety & Struggle, Grit, Metacognition, Self-Regulation
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Tagged BefriendingStruggle, evolvingmind, Grit, Growth, Learning, openminded, Struggle
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On Struggle (Part I): Befriending Struggle
Struggle. This one word often invokes frustration, annoyance, and hopelessness among students. But why? I always ask my students: What’s so bad about struggle? Tell me about it! What’s the big deal? In fact, I just asked these questions to … Continue reading →
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Tagged BefriendingStruggle, embrace, embracestruggle, emotions, Grit, Learning, learningfromchallenge, openminded
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Welcome to Learning In Stillness!
Welcome Learning In Stillness Readers! Peace and Love, Payal Patel
Posted in Anxiety, Anxiety & Struggle, Beginner's Mind, Curiosity, Focus & Clarity, Grit, Math Anxiety, Metacognition, Non-Judgement, Observation, Preparing the Mind, Self-Regulation, Test Anxiety
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Tagged Anxiety, Balance, Beginner's Mind, Breath, connection, Curiosity, embrace, emotions, evolvingmind, Exam, Focus, Grit, Growth, Humility, Labeling, Learning, learningfromchallenge, Meditation, Mind/Body, mindfulness, monkeymind, Non-Judgemental, Observing, OldHabits, Relaxation, Self-Regulation, Social Media, Stillness, Struggle, WhatIf
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