by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 26, 2023 | counterfeits, healing, mind
( From 6/27/2021) From time to time I have received an online newsletter called “Sounds True”. I look at it to get the drift of what’s being peddled by the popular culture as “Truth” to ears that want to be tickled…… today it offered a free video by a renowned...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2023 | witness
This is a “mindfulness” coach’s perspective on taking charge of your life and making a change for the better. The definition of “recovery” , in her case,from PTSD. At the heart of this is basic cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT. This embraces the culture’s view of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2022 | healing, healthy churches, mind
In a Facebook post that asked how mindfulness had helped readers with depression I responded,” It didn’t… spiritfulness did.” Another reader asked, “May I know how this is done?” My reply: “It’s an ‘order of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 26, 2022 | counseling
I participated in a continuing education online webinar today on addiction and “mindfulness”. Here are some definitions from some who practice and teach it: Rick Hanson- “the practice of knowing what’s happening in the mind without getting hijacked by it”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 18, 2022 | spiritual life
Zen spin…… ( From 12/6/20) “The term is shortened from mushin no shin (無心の心), (arising from the Chinese Chan School of Buddhism) of a Zen expression meaning the mind without mind and is also referred to as the state of “no-mindness”. That is,...