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Our guest this week is also September's Teacher of the Month, Dr. Mark Bertin.
He offers a unique practice that uses sensory awareness and gentle movement to help meet moments of uncertainty. This meditation is designed to help you:
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Practice meeting yourself with patience and attentive care
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Connect with your body as both a way to calm yourself and as a way to get clarifying information about the situation you're facing
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Engage skillfully with the discomfort of uncertainty, rather than defaulting to reactivity, anger, or fear
Mark Bertin, MD., is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics. He's a regular contributor to Mindful.org and Psychology Today. He is the author of How Children Thrive: The Practical Science of Raising Independent, Resilient, and Happy Kids (Sounds True, 2018). Dr. Bertin resides in Pleasantville, New York. For more, visit developmentaldoctor.com.
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Show Notes
Find more from Mark Bertin here.
Go Deeper
Life is inherently changeable and uncertain, and our resilience relies on how we relate to that fact. The good news is that these are skills we can build. To learn more, check out these resources from Mindful.org:
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New Life, Who's This? Rediscovering Who You Are When Everything Has Changed
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Navigating Change is Hard. Here's How it Makes Us Better Leaders
For more practice working with uncertainty, try: A Meditation to Create Inner Balance in the Face of Change
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