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

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 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.

It can make navigating even the most basic parts of our day exceedingly stressful and frustratingly inefficient.