Self-Awareness for Everyone
Applied Guidance for Mindfulness
Meet Your Host
I am MJ Blehart - a dreamer, philosopher, geek, writer, editor, amateur photographer, and medieval fencer/herald/
re-enactor. I’ve been writing fiction since I was 9 and have been blogging regularly for more than 10 years.
I believe that Consciousness Creates Reality. Thus, I’m certain that we have the power to make our lives into whatever we believe we can. And that begins with self-awareness.
I have the pleasure of serving as your guide through easy-to-use mindfulness tools, conscious reality creation, and other devices for unselfish self-awareness.
Currently, I live in New Jersey (near Philadelphia) with my wife and two feline overlords (cats).
S5 Ep17: Finding Patience in an Impatient World
Recognizing and acknowledging the need for greater patience.
It starts by recognizing my impatience. Recognition is only the beginning. It needs to also be acknowledged. That way, I’m saying not just “I see I’m being impatient,” but also “I acknowledge my lack of patience needs to be adjusted by me.”
S5 Ep16: How Does Self-Awareness Link to Mindfulness, Gratitude, and Positivity?
There’s always something to be grateful for.
Gratitude is always positive. It always empowers, both when given and received. Gratitude, mindfulness, and positivity are linked because all are tools of incredible empowerment that, together, can change your life and put you more in control.
S5 Ep15: Accepting The Little Control You Have Over Anything Empowers You
All you can control is your inner being.
Nothing at all in the entire Universe will give me control over any of the above. What I do and can control, however, is my reaction to it.
You control you thoughts, feelings, actions, approach, and intentions. What you do in the face of adversity, pain, suffering, frustration, and the like, too.
S5 Ep14: Discipline is Active Conscious Awareness in Practice
The word “discipline” gets tossed around a lot. Often, it’s attached to a concept of doing something with full attention, within rigid parameters, and with no room for mistakes. Too little discipline and shit doesn’t get done. Your art isn’t made, your practice isn’t improved, and you leave a bad impression of yourself.
What if I told you that’s not the truth of discipline? What if discipline is less rigid and more about mindful, consciously aware practice?
S5 Ep13: How Reason is the Real Opposite of Fear
You make choices and decisions every single day. Some are big and especially impactful. Most, however, are small, partially by rote or routine or habit, but still impactful.
When you let fear do the driving, you will be swayed by outside forces. Conversely, when you let reason drive you, you’re practicing active conscious awareness. Ergo, you’re taking control.
Reason in face the fear defeats fear. The more each individual practices reason, the more habitual it becomes. That, over time, as it gains traction from person to person, can turn this world from fear-based to reason-based.