Blue Apron for your brain.
As summer winds down and uncertainty lingers, mindfulness is not my default. More often than I care to admit, I catch myself reaching for emotional junk food -- catastrophizing, complaining, numbing, reacting. I’m craving the equivalent of carbs for my brain.
Glossy advertising for food subscription services grab and hold my attention. No food shopping. No meal planning. Healthy dinners and snacks appearing in an attractive box on my front porch … seems like a luxurious treat for this busy mom.
What if a box of mental nutrition landed on my front porch each day? Would that satisfy my cravings for mental rest as much as the food kits’ promises of “20 minutes to mealtime” appeal to my 6:00 dinnertime overwhelm? Sign me up!
Starting this weekend, Becoming Jackson Whole launches 100 Acts of Mindfulness -- our healthy mental snack delivery service. Each day, you’ll receive a bite-sized dose of nutrition for your brain. It will arrive, for free, in the form of an email. All you do is open it and give it a taste. We’ll also post the practices on Facebook and Instagram, and you can always opt-out of the emails.
These brain snacks are simple and quick enough to do anywhere, any time. They’re a “grab and go” treat for your mental wellness. No training, no experience, no equipment needed. It just requires a little curiosity and willingness to give it a try.
This is an experiment, so please let us know what you think. And if you have a micro-practice you’d like us to include, please send it our way!
We say this a lot at BJW: “Start Small. Start Now. Start Here.” And we hope 100 Acts of Mindfulness helps us all navigate this no-recipe era we find ourselves living in. We care about the ways you’re all doing more, with less. We see you.
Soup’s on!
With much gratitude,
Cindy Bartz and the Becoming Jackson Whole team
This week’s guided meditation: Self-Compassion
Speaking of snacks for mental wellness, Amy Lane recorded a beautiful 9-minute self-compassion practice this week. As she says in her introduction, “… a lot of us are taking care of many needs around us and often forego our own needs . . .“ Thank you, Amy!