Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Ph.D.
The Psychology of Relationships
Mindfulness
Fostering Better Relationships Through Mindfulness
New research shows how 10 minutes of mindfulness can help you be more positive, engaging, and more satisfied.
Posted Apr 29, 2021
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Reviewed by Gary Drevitch
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THE BASICS
What Is Mindfulness?
Find a mindfulness-based therapist
Mastering mindfulness may help your relationship.
Source: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
While working on a budget, I found myself eyeing a jar of chilled blue straw that had already chilled into amber glass; it was obvious to my how its color matched the color of my partner's cheeks. She looked at me and said, "What is that?"
I realized that she was having a personal conversation with herself, which was a good thing, because otherwise she would have likely shared some bad feelings with her partner.
But then she switched to a very business tone, and she said, "Don't you notice that the last time I went to the store, they had these huge signs outside the window? I told them that I would be interested in some of them."
Wehler, who is neither a master nor a graduate student in the field of psychology, has previously written 10 books about mindfulness and has a new one called Live Much, Easily, Which Works for You: The Complete Guide to Psychotherapy with Cats, Dogs, and Horses (which is about 100 pages, full of beautiful full-color photography). She is the author of the New York Times bestseller, It’s Not About You, it’s about You: The Body Book for Dogs and Cats, and the upcoming book, It’s Not About You: The Power of Tolerating Insanity in Your Life. She lives in northern Georgia.