Sometimes we just don't have the time to meditate...So, how do we get the job done? Today, we are going to show up anyway...Even if you're on vacation, even if you've never been so busy, or if you just don't feel like it!

Season 3: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivation Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates

Motivation seems a bit mysterious…First, it’s there…then, out of nowhere your get up and go, got up and went! What happened?
Getting motivated is relatively easy. Staying motivated as a whole other thing. Today I'm going to go over my 3 simple tricks on how to get and stay motivated for the long-haul so you're meditating regularly, keeping it up and working on getting meditation (or any new behavior!) a solid habit that lasts a lifetime.


It’s season 3: Let’s Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates

I am just coming back from a short, weekend meditation retreat that I ran with the lovely Cindy Dollar, an Iyengar teacher from Asheville, North Carolina. Today, I am filled with some excellent reminders as to why retreats are so important to your meditation practice. Surrounding yourself with a group of individuals looking to hone their meditation practice and go deeper comes with benefits that we simply couldn’t predict!

This retreat was quite immersive and intensive, but not scary, not weird and perfectly accessible to all. Get an idea of what it’s like to retreat with me and other teachers and book your own retreat with a bit more confidence on how to retreat just right, and just for you.

Have you ever tried binaural beats? A lot of people use them to focus or to help with sleep but many people don't know that binaural beats are also really helpful for meditation. Today, I am going to tell you a bit about how and why they work and then we'll try them out together.
This is episode 10 of my 12 week season: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates

Technology seems to be a barrier to inner peace as we are essentially practicing being distracted all day everyday with our phones. So, how can we use our devices to help us find inner peace? Today I will show you how to actually use that little personal assistant that you never leave home without to make your life calmer, more productive so you can be more present, in the moment and live a much more peaceful life.

This is episode 9 of my 12 week series: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates

There are a couple of super simple procrastination tips that most people don't know about that can help you get started on whatever you are blowing off AND help you get the job done! Surprisingly, procrastination has little to do with motivation...at least not in the way we typically think about feeling motivated and more about how we think and manage our emotions.

This is episode 8 of my 12 week season: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates

Perfectionism is impossible to live up to because we keep changing the rules no matter how well we do or try. Perfectionism leads to chronic disappointment and a loud inner critic. The anxiety around perfectionism is real but meditation can help!

The perfect problem can also leave you frozen and contributing to the procrastination problem (we will cover that next week!)

One thing to remember is that you are already perfect just the way you were made so maybe the focus needs to be on becoming who you already are...little by little...just a little bit better than you used to be. And after a while, you're a LOT better.

This is episode 7 of my 12 week season: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates!

Meditation is the new IT thing…Less stress sounds good, your doctor recommends it and the end of a yoga class always feels so close so good! But what exactly are you supposed to be doing? Clearing your head?? Yeah, right! And how are you supposed to find time to do it every damn day??
My name is Cheri Augustine Flake and I'm The Stress Therapist. I've been working in the Metro Atlanta mental health community for over 25 years. I teach people how to get better at stress, stop procrastinating, and stay motivated while we work on healthy habits like meditation and happy living.
Meditation is about as good for you was water! And I want you to have this! I can teach you not only what to do exactly when you're meditating but had to get this beautiful practice into your life with regularity so you too can finally reap the benefits that this sacred practice has to offer.
What you get is meditation for people living in the real world.


Let’s explore together: Meditation...WTF?

Today's guest is psychotherapist, Keith Wilson author of Constructive Conflict: Building Something Good Out of All Those Arguments and The Road to Reconciliation: A Comprehensive Guide to Peace When Relationships Go Bad. As a therapist, I can tell you this guy knows what's up, he is funny, real, super smart and kind....just the psychotherapist you need to make your relationships better.

Meditators look inward, get still and have to listen and face ourselves. What you get from the experience betters yourself. Now, let's work on our relationships too.

This is episode 6 of my 12 week series: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights By A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates

There is no doubt about it, meditation changes you. Affirmations are a great way to make changes in your life, but have you ever considered when is the best time for affirmations?
Because you are meditating on the reg, your brain is undergoing all of these lovely changes and this is having a profound effect on YOU. So, while you're noticing that you have the upper hand on what you think, how you react and how you behave in general, who are you gonna be??


This is episode 5 of season 3: Let's Meditate Anyway! Motivational Insights by A Seasoned Therapist Who Meditates