I see Midlife as a time to take a good look within and make peace with all the lingering pieces of my past that are getting in the way of making the next 50 my best 50. These unproductive habits, resentments, grudges, unhealed wounds, negative thinking and the like are just so much baggage that don’t need to make the journey into the rest of my life!

Having a mindfulness practice helps me identify these broken pieces, embrace them with compassion and become detached from them. I’ve learned that it takes too much energy to try and push things away, or pretend they’re no longer there. How have you been letting go of your baggage?

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