Rather than saying, “This shouldn’t be happening.”, one of the things we can do is say, “This is happening and how can I accept it as best as possible?”.

In this Minute of Mindfulness with Mia, learn how to create some moments of mindfulness through controlled breathing, concentrating on what you want in your life, and what you want out.

Mia Elwood, offers her “Ode to a Social Worker” as she accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

We’re going to do a sensory awareness exercise today that will help us be in the present moment.

We’re going to do a sensory awareness exercise today that will help us be in the present moment.

Mindfulness is a great return to the moment because we can find whatever we need in that moment.

Today we’re going to talk about doing what you can do versus what you can’t.

Loving-kindness meditations are all about allowing ourselves to have the things like joy and happiness in our life.

If I was able to give advice to my adolescent self, this is what I would say.

Today I thought we’d focus on perspective and the idea of helping us feel better and more mindful is to focus on perspective.

Trauma doesn’t need to be a life sentence. There are benefits to trauma and all of us in this world.

I’m encouraging people not to be self-centered but to be selfish in that they are a priority. 

 Curiosity is great to use for mental health. First of all, everybody can access it and doesn’t take any extra effort or any extra power.

The world is judgmental. It would be great if people didn’t judge others on seemingly every little thing. It would even be better if everyone liked everyone else, but sadly this in not the case.