“Except that it’s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. It’s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic depends upon comparison, and when we are fully aware in the present moment, when there is no past or future in our mind’s awareness, there is nothing to compare. There is only what is, as it is. The inner critic disappears.” MindMomentsPastMinutesAwarenessDependsCriticsDisappearCompareComparisonPresent MomentSeconds Book:Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food Source: Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food
“Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you-in your body, heart and mind. Mindfulness is awareness without criticism or judgment.” MindHeartBodyAttentionAwarenessJudgmentMindfulnessHappeningsCriticismYour BodyHeart And Mind Book:How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness Source: How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
“The problem is not in the food... The problem lies in the mind. It lies in our lack of awareness of the messages coming in from our body... Mindful eating helps us learn to hear what our body is telling us about hunger and satisfaction. It helps us become aware of who in the body/heart/ mind complex is hungry, and how and what is best to nourish it.” MindHeartHelpingProblemBodyLyingAwarenessEatingMessagesComplexesHungerSatisfactionHungry Author:Jan Chozen Bays
