by Mat Hudson | Sep 22, 2019 | Character, Mental Health
I recently spent many hours over several days to compose a personal statement to go along with an important application I was submitting. I had a three friends with rigorous editorial perspective to review it and offer me suggestions for improvement. I stressed that I...
by Mat Hudson | Aug 11, 2019 | Mental Health, Motivation
What moves you to avoid this kind of food and seek that kind? What moves you to get out of bed to exercise when it involves unpleasant sensations? What moves you to pay attention to just one thing in the midst of many attractive distractions? The definition of...
by Mat Hudson | Jun 23, 2019 | Mental Health, Mindfulness, Stress Management
Sometimes we may hope to use meditation as a way of withdrawing and protecting ourselves from the external pressures we feel building up around us. There are times when it might be helpful for that. But meditation is about focusing attention and listening to signals...
by Mat Hudson | Jun 10, 2019 | Mindfulness, Stress Management
In order to make it more palatable for Western culture, the name ‘meditation practice’ might have been replaced with ‘mindfulness practice’. But as far as I can tell after digging in, they are synonyms for the same category of practices, though...
by Mat Hudson | May 25, 2019 | Athletic Performance, Exercise, Movement Health
We all know that we can exercise too little. We’re not designed to be couch-potatoes, chair bound in an office or in a vehicle all day, or even to stand in place for hours on an assembly line. The body actually becomes diseased from being used too little, from...
