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Posts by Madelyne Schermer

Madelyne works as a meditation teacher and trained mindfulness facilitator from UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). She is also a certified sylvotherapist, specializing in forest therapy and nature meditation. Her work includes leading community and parent groups, working with teens, guiding mindful pregnancy programs, facilitating workplace mindfulness, and offering private sessions, with a focus on secular mindfulness and Insight Meditation. Visit her at abundancemindfulness.com and on Instagram @abundancemindfulness

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How to Make the Most of Our Time with the People We Love

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“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~Robert Brault

With only a few more months until my son leaves for college, I am a mindfulness teacher wrestling with my own heart and mind.

While avoiding the frequent mom conversations about “empty nesting,” I’m struggling to admit that my last child leaving home may be harder than I thought. Ironic, since working skillfully with difficult emotions is exactly what I teach.

Every school event I attend feels like a heavy, steady march toward graduation day. Yesterday in the …