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Drama in the Mind

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How Mindfulness Can Help Us Observe and Get Enough Distance From the Drama of Our Minds

When we start to believe the drama that our minds project, it's easy to be hard on ourselves. Buddhist meditation teacher Pema Chodron describes a no-big deal or NBD perspective as a point of view which infuses situations with a sense of flexibility and humor. When our minds create a dramatic story about something that happened, we can remember that in a few days or even a few minutes, we're likely to forget what the fuss was all about.

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