It means being direct and straightforward in what we say and do, setting effective and healthy boundaries and asking for what we want or need.

It is an external strategy for keeping track of what we need to do and accomplish.

It is the habit of being aware of and noticing our own minds and the world around us, without judgment.

It is the ability to perform valuable, cognitively-demanding activities in a distraction-free state.

Simply write about and articulate whatever is going on in your life emotionally, big or small. The key is to write continuously without any censoring or editing.

It is a practice for training our minds out of the tendency toward automatic worry and rumination. The basic idea is to schedule a short amount of time every day to worry on purpose.

It is based on the idea that only once you give yourself permission to stop trying to do it all, to stop saying yes to everyone, can you make your highest contribution towards the things that really matter.