Mindfulness Exercise - Focus on the Positive

As taught in Emotion Regulation, being mindful of positive experiences can act as a buffer to unpleasant emotions and experiences.  Often in life, we hyper focus on the unpleasant which can lead to emotion overload or burn out.  The act of sharing or thinking of something positive may be one way to counteract overload.  For this mindfulness exercise, I would like everyone to think of a positive experience in the past week.  You may want to take a few moments and write down notes of your memory.  What was the experience?  What occurred?  How did it feel?