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About meditationSHIFT:
SHORT VERSION
We've been teaching mindfulness and meditation for almost two decades.
Since 2003, thousands of people around the world have taken our courses, our free guide to mindfulness and meditation has been shared on the Internet over half a million times, and we've published more than 100 articles on mindfulness, meditation, and related topics.
We released our first online course - "The T.A.D. Principle" - in 2003. Over the next 15 years, it evolved into meditationSHIFT and "An owner's guide to the mind."
Our course has been called "life-changing," and it combines concepts from Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (the precursor to cognitive behavior therapy) and Buddhist and Stoic philosophy. It's online and self-paced, and represents the culmination of almost 20 years of research, writing, and working with people around the world.
LONGER VERSION
"The T.A.D. Principle" and meditationSHIFT were created by Jon. Chelsea runs the day-to-day operations (with help from a few others). We refer to Chelsea as the C.M.O. (Chief Mindfulness Officer).
Our mission is to help people around the world better understand and overcome the problems created by their compulsive minds.
You can talk to us directly via email, arrange a chat with us on Skype, and follow us on social media (people like viewing our photos - but they probably enjoy seeing the animals more than us). We write, teach, speak, and enjoy helping others.
We've been teaching mindfulness and meditation for almost two decades.
Since 2003, thousands of people around the world have taken our courses, our free guide to mindfulness and meditation has been shared on the Internet over half a million times, and we've published more than 100 articles on mindfulness, meditation, and related topics.
We released our first online course - "The T.A.D. Principle" - in 2003. Over the next 15 years, it evolved into meditationSHIFT and "An owner's guide to the mind."
Our course has been called "life-changing," and it combines concepts from Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (the precursor to cognitive behavior therapy) and Buddhist and Stoic philosophy. It's online and self-paced, and represents the culmination of almost 20 years of research, writing, and working with people around the world.
LONGER VERSION
"The T.A.D. Principle" and meditationSHIFT were created by Jon. Chelsea runs the day-to-day operations (with help from a few others). We refer to Chelsea as the C.M.O. (Chief Mindfulness Officer).
Our mission is to help people around the world better understand and overcome the problems created by their compulsive minds.
You can talk to us directly via email, arrange a chat with us on Skype, and follow us on social media (people like viewing our photos - but they probably enjoy seeing the animals more than us). We write, teach, speak, and enjoy helping others.
Below you will find a detailed accounting of our history over the past 15 years, as well as information on how to connect with us.
HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
"The T.A.D. Principle" was released almost 15 years ago, right after the turn of the millennium. The acronym "T.A.D." (now referred to simply as "tad") stands for:
> thoughts
> actions
> destiny
It included the meditationSHIFT supplement, but "tad" was more of a treatise on how to shape your life by addressing your thoughts and your actions.
Over the years, however, our philosophy and practices evolved.
We realized that the self-improvement industry provided resources that treated the symptoms that came with unhappiness, rather than addressing the cause of unhappiness itself ("forced" positive thinking is the most prevalent self-help method - and, like most of the others, it simply doesn't work).
We took a different approach - our focus was on addressing the root cause, and providing a lasting solution.
note - read more about our current views on positive thinking and thoughts, actions, destiny.
By understanding your mind, the problems it creates in your life, and how to overcome them, you can find (or, more accurately, reveal) happiness, peace, and contentment. You learn to cultivate awareness, and break the cycle of blindly following the non-stop activity (thoughts, emotions, urges, et cetera) your mind produces.
HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
"The T.A.D. Principle" was released almost 15 years ago, right after the turn of the millennium. The acronym "T.A.D." (now referred to simply as "tad") stands for:
> thoughts
> actions
> destiny
It included the meditationSHIFT supplement, but "tad" was more of a treatise on how to shape your life by addressing your thoughts and your actions.
Over the years, however, our philosophy and practices evolved.
We realized that the self-improvement industry provided resources that treated the symptoms that came with unhappiness, rather than addressing the cause of unhappiness itself ("forced" positive thinking is the most prevalent self-help method - and, like most of the others, it simply doesn't work).
We took a different approach - our focus was on addressing the root cause, and providing a lasting solution.
note - read more about our current views on positive thinking and thoughts, actions, destiny.
By understanding your mind, the problems it creates in your life, and how to overcome them, you can find (or, more accurately, reveal) happiness, peace, and contentment. You learn to cultivate awareness, and break the cycle of blindly following the non-stop activity (thoughts, emotions, urges, et cetera) your mind produces.
meditationSHIFT represents the totality of our research, experience, writing, and teaching - from the concepts of "tad," to mindfulness and meditation...and everything in between.
Our course - "An owner's guide to the mind" - has received a lot of acclaim, and continues to evolve to this day. It is more than "how-to-meditate" - it helps you understand how your mind works, and how you can use it as a tool instead of letting it control you.
Our course - "An owner's guide to the mind" - has received a lot of acclaim, and continues to evolve to this day. It is more than "how-to-meditate" - it helps you understand how your mind works, and how you can use it as a tool instead of letting it control you.
Mindfulness, meditation, and insights for over a decade.
We have been talked about on numerous websites and media outlets. But, the people who have actually implemented what they learned from meditationSHIFT offer the best feedback on its effectiveness. Read testimonials on this site, and elsewhere around the Internet.
We write a lot, and our articles are featured here on our own site, on Medium, on Everyday-Mindfulness, and on other websites around the Internet. Find it all here - Words: an index of articles from meditationSHIFT.
For a list of pages on the site, check our sitemap.
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What are you trying to "cope" with?
Coping doesn't work - addressing the root cause does. We'll show you how.
We write a lot, and our articles are featured here on our own site, on Medium, on Everyday-Mindfulness, and on other websites around the Internet. Find it all here - Words: an index of articles from meditationSHIFT.
For a list of pages on the site, check our sitemap.
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What are you trying to "cope" with?
- Stress?
- Anxiety?
- Sleep problems?
Coping doesn't work - addressing the root cause does. We'll show you how.
