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The roles we play in the drama triangle way.   There is a lot of media airspace given to the concept of mindfulness or presence nowadays. The idea that we become as fully aware as possible so that our moment to moment thoughts and actions become as conscious as possible. I believe this is a noble and, most likely, beneficial practice and goal. That said, a constant state of mindful presence is probably not very realistically achievable for most human beings, given that unconscious processing is an extremely efficient way of dealing with our day to day worlds; our unconscious habits are often what our brain develops so as to free up time for our conscious attention but that conscious attention can be elusive.  On the road to increased mindfulness we will probably need to learn to drop some baggage and step out of the drama that our fragile egos get caught up in.   The roles we play in the drama get formed early on and are quite likely kept going through our constant ...

Your Brain Will Thank You For Being a Musician My saviour during the Corona Pandemic has been music (although my dog has also been pretty good). In the absence of being able to meet with my musical friends for a regular session, which ticks so many boxes for me in terms of stress reduction, social connection and just downright fun, I have been playing, learning, writing and recording music like I have not done for about twenty five years. It has made the anxiety and grief that has accompanied this pandemic in which I lost my Father and nearly lost my Mother so much more tolerable and dare I say it even fun. When absorbed in music making I find I very often enter that state of “flow” that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has so often referred to, and it’s a good thing because mostly the only other times I find this experience is during training delivery and there has not been much of that going on lately. All of this said it made it all the more worth it to come acro ss the article, “Your Brai...