DBT mindfulness skills

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The Beginner’s Guide to DBT Mindfulness Skills Part 5: Nonjudgmentally

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Now onto the “how” of mindfulness. As I shared earlier in this series, DBT Mindfulness has two main components: What you do (Observe, Describe, Participate), and How you do it (Nonjudgmentally, One-Mindfully, Effectively). We’ve made it through the What skills, now it’s time to dive into the How skills, starting with the real heavy-hitter: being nonjudgmental.

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The Beginner’s Guide to DBT Mindfulness Skills Part 3: Describe

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Welcome back to part 3 of our 7-part mindfulness series inspired by Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)! In this article, we’re diving into the second “What” skill: Describing. It comes right after Observation and spoiler alert, it’s basically your brain’s favorite party trick: putting words to what you notice. The catch? We’re learning how to do it mindfully.

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The Beginner’s Guide to DBT Mindfulness Skills Part 1: What and How

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I know I mention mindfulness in nearly every other paragraph—but that’s because this blog is all about practicing mindfulness in real life. Still, you might be wondering: What exactly is mindfulness? And more importantly, how do you actually practice it in your everyday life?

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What Mindfulness Actually Is (And How to Practice It IRL)

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I recently realized that as much as I talk about the importance of being mindful, I haven't been so mindful of explaining what the heck mindfulness actually is. And how to do it. Thus, I committed the cardinal sin of mindfulness. Assuming. I figured because "mindfulness" is so hot these days that everyone already knows what it is. But come to find out, not so much.