I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database -...

Is it helpful to monitor the quality of one's mindfulness practice ... and, if so, what should one be monitoring?  I've raised this question with experienced mindfulness teachers before and been answered with the concern that monitoring practice quality might increase an "achievement orientation" state of mind that could actually interfere with the "non-judging" benefits...

I do enjoy writing these blog posts ... real fun having the opportunity to think around subjects that currently intrigue me.  So in the first post in this sequence on the value of a therapeutic focus on strengths rather than weaknesses we looked fairly broadly at...