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In a busy world, it can be difficult to remain mindful. You may be managing career pressures, a social life, and responsibilities at home. While a full schedule can make it feel like you have no time to prioritize your mental health, finding a way to center yourself is important.

Practicing mindfulness in your routine can benefit your mental wellness and overall quality of life. At The Wake Kendall Group, we believe everyone can learn to feel more present and find more enjoyment in daily life through simple mindfulness practices. 

How Can Therapy Improve Mindfulness?

Talk therapy can help you develop personalized mindfulness skills, while certain apps can support your daily practice. Our practice offers individual, couples, and group therapy for adults and children, and we can help you interrupt habitual patterns and remain actively aware of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Skills To Improve Mindfulness

Your therapist can suggest practical mindfulness skills at home to improve awareness in your daily life. These might include:

• Mindful breathing: Focus on the physical sensation of air leaving your body
• Body scans: Mentally scan your body from head to toe, observing tension and relaxing each area as you move through it
• Open monitoring: Acknowledge wandering thoughts or feelings as they arise, then let them pass
• Five-senses grounding: Identify five things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste

By incorporating mindfulness practices such as these into your routine, you can manage stress, minimize anxiety, and remain present.

Apps To Improve Your Mindfulness 

Individual therapy can help you develop mindfulness-building skills during sessions with one of our clinicians, while supportive phone or tablet apps can reinforce your practice outside therapy sessions. Apps that are widely used to improve mindfulness include: 

• Headspace
• Calm
• Healthy Minds Program
• Mindfulness Coach:
• MindShift CBT

By integrating the use of these mindfulness apps with consistent personalized sessions, our clinicians can help you to reshape thought and behavior patterns and develop more intentional habits.

Contact Us Today To Improve Your Mindfulness With Unique Skills and Phone Apps

With guidance from our clinicians, you can work toward increased mindfulness. The best way to begin is by completing a client intake form on our website or calling us to speak with an intake specialist and schedule an initial consultation. We can work with you to create a customized treatment plan that includes skills and apps to improve your mindfulness. Call us today to speak with an intake specialist and begin building greater balance and mindfulness in your daily life.