Mindfulness: Why it Matters
Mindfulness is the act of paying attention, non-judgmentally, to the present moment. Practicing mindfulness can help you be the most amazing you. How? By helping expand your awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Without self-awareness, we struggle with our actions: getting too angry, procrastination, addictive behaviors, resisting change. By increasing self-awareness, we see our patterns more clearly, and can develop skills to address these behaviors.
Penny Mechley-Porter is a licensed professional counselor in private practice serving adults and children. After receiving her M.A. in counseling (Edinboro University), she worked at Sarah Reed Children's Center and in the Dean Ornish Program. Earlier in her career, Penny was a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa, then used her computer science degree (Indiana University) as a trainer in businesses across the U.S.
