Maurice Maeterlinck states "It is far more important that one's life should be perceived than that it should be transformed; for no sooner has it been perceived, than it transforms itself of it's own accord." Mindfulness is a valuable concept to use when beginning to identify what about your life you'd like to improve. Mindfulness is also the tool in which one can understand and transform difficult emotion. To be mindful simply means to bring full consciousness to whatever you are doing, be it sitting, standing, walking, thinking, feeling. I often encourage others to sit with their feelings and have tea, welcome the feeling they notice, watch it, observe the direction and intensity and be aware of how these feelings take shape within. This may sound fluffy but it is rather concrete and specific. It is also not a common practice with people. My experience has been that most humans do the following with emotion: Ignore it Push it away Project it onto a