That American Dream Feels As If It’s Slowly Slipping Away

Despite what the pundits say, Joe Biden delivered plenty of red meat tonight. But most important of all - he was able to close. “These are extraordinary times. This is an extraordinary election. The American people are ready. I’m ready. Barack Obama is ready. This is his time. This is our time. This is America’s time.”

Here’s to the sisterhood of the traveling pants suit. — Susan Kaiser Greenland

A class act!
She knocked it out of the park!
How many cliches can I write in one post?
Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton? Keep Going!
PS - Mindful daughter’s best girlfriend is at the DNC as a junior statesment and blogging . . . she’s more insightful than most TV pundits. Check it out.

Somebody hawked on the holy plants and then they stole my brain. — Susan Kaiser Greenland

About a decade ago, I decided to share my enthusiasm for meditation with my family. My daughter was eight and my son was five at the time. This would take the form of a group outing, a visit to the local Zen center where we would participate in a family program. My husband […]

Dog bites man again. — Susan Kaiser Greenland

July 28th Note: For those who follow the progressive blogs, the online reaction to the John Edwards story is fascinating. Check out how Lee Stranahan is getting slammed in the comments for his post on Huffington why the progressive blogs need to get out in front of this story and also slammed in the comments on his crosspost on Daily Kos.

And now the Momocrats weigh-in On What’s News and What’s Not.

Read more on this story in the post John Edwards, Father of the Year?

Don’t tell my husband but I’ve developed an intimate relationship with a raisin. — Susan Kaiser Greenland

Mindful eating. Yikes! Every now and then I’ll savor a truffle, the piquant flavor of a sweet Vidalia onion, or the bouquet of a Tuscan Chianti. But all too often, I eat mindlessly. I talk to my family and friends while I’m eating. And then I do the dishes. I automatically go through the motions without question. And then I’m surprised when I climb on the scale and - WHAT? - I’ve gained five pounds without a clue that it was happening.

Attention - Susan Kaiser Greenland

While attention is fundamental to mindfulness training for kids it absolutely is NOT the whole picture. Mindfulness training focuses on two areas of practice that are taught in tandem -awareness (or attention) practices and kindness practices. Without the elements of kindness and compassion, attention training simply isn’t mindfulness.

Teaching Mindfulness to Children - Susan Kaiser Greenland

I’m a mom with a mission. Every movement has its breakthrough moment–a time when it no longer has to defend what it is saying and doing because the problem it has identified is so clear that others need no coaxing to join. Mindfulness training for children has arrived at that moment.

Why is my husband on the Internet in his underpants? - Susan Kaiser Greenland

My brilliant and erudite husband has a new book coming out and it seems as if the ‘author video’ is de rigeur - I uploaded a screenshot and posted it below . . .

Just the facts m’am . . . . .

• By 12th grade, our children score lower on math and science tests than most other kids in the world.
• We now have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation.
• Six million students are reading below their grade level.

Why are women still NOT running for office?

When you get a chance, check out this Brookings Institute Report: Extensive research shows that when women run for office, they perform just as well as men. Yet women remain severely under-represented in our political institutions. In this report, we argue that the fundamental reason for women’s under-representation is that they do not run for office. There is a substantial gender gap in political ambition; men tend to have it, and women don’t.

The Ritual Tribal Abandonment of Mothers - Jeanne Denney

Yes, it is about tribal fear of touching into this need and sometimes this pain. Yes, it is about feeling alone with a task that feels impossible to do well alone. Yes, the tribe has resigned from its role in the life of my children and from its needed and necessary role in supporting me.

Women, guns, butterfat and blogging. Jeep

This was in an email I got from a friend this morning:

I approach shooting as a form of yoga, concentrating on the breathing, with sensitivity to even the pulsing of my heart. Focus. Be here now. I can do this on the range. I do not shoot or dream of shooting living things. Just printed-paper targets.

Priority messages? How we choose to spend our time speaks volumes. Susan Kaiser Greenland

These traditions, practiced at Jewish tables around the world on Passover night, are what makes this night different from all other nights.

To Vaccinate or Not Vaccinate? That’s Not the Question - Susan Kaiser Greenland

It is downright terrifying to acknowledge that we do not know everything there is to know about the interrelationship between toxins, environment, vaccines and autism. . .

Soft Launch - Susan Kaiser Greenland

Still, I think mindfulmom DOT com deserves an official soft launch: It will be tomorrow on April Fool’s Day.

Shhhhhhh (!) . . . don’t tell anyone.

Memo to China: The Customer is Always Right - Susan Kaiser Greenland

Because of the Olympics, hearing from millions of customers that we are not happy could in fact have an impact on Chinese government policy - probably not this week, but eventually.

American and Chinese Co-Dependence: A Bad Relationship - - Susan Kaiser Greenland

Why then was China conspicuous by its absence from the State Department’s annual list of the world’s most egregious human rights violators?