{"id":17558,"date":"2020-11-11T00:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T05:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=17558"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:56:23","slug":"mindfulness-gratitude-as-portals-to-writing-with-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2020\/11\/mindfulness-gratitude-as-portals-to-writing-with-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness & Gratitude as Portals to Writing with Ease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Researcher Shalini Bahl, PhD<\/a> is both a writer and an expert in mindfulness. The other day, she shared with me how practicing mindfulness, and gratitude in particular, helps her get unstuck when she writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mindfulness Expert, Shalin Bahl, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It makes sense to me. I know that when I’m in a negative state, feeling grateful helps me shift into a higher and happier state. Research shows, too, that mindfulness relaxes us and relaxation supports creative flow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our video interview, Dr. Bahl shares how our natural negativity bias<\/a> creates resistance, which can be a normal response to the task of writing. Dr. Bahl turns that around by disrupting the negativity bias with a simple gratitude practice. She takes us through the exact steps she uses to shift from a negative mental and emotional state to a state of writing flow and ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These steps employ mindfulness and gratitude<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lest you think mindfulness is complicated, this video will show you how easy it is to shift from writing resistance to writing with ease with gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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