Be Where Your Feet Are

As mindfulness mantras go, this is one of my favorites.

I spoke about mindfulness yesterday, at the League City Rotary meeting. 

What fun it was to experience mindful eating with them. 

Click the sweet image below for a script.

Now, this mantra is the title of a children's book by Julia Cook.

Click image for more information and/or to order yours today.

And since our friends from NCYI sent multiple copies,

I have one to give away. Listen in to hear Julia talk about her new treasure.

 

Can't you just feel her excitement?

In this best-selling author's latest brainchild, the story's narrator has a lot going on in life, from band to soccer to his studies. Pretty sure he's rocking multi-tasking, the people around him keep urging him to

be where his feet are,

to be mindful of what's happening in the moment,

to not share his brain's attention with so many things at once.

Here's my favorite page, when the child finally understands,

but then he needs to influence the adults in his life

to get it, too. 

Teach your children well ... as a bonus,

Julia suggests seven concrete ways in the back of the book

to help us be where our feet are.

If you'd like a chance to win a copy of this mindfulness gem, leave a comment below about how you stay in the moment to unwrap the present. We will use a random generator to select a comment by number and post the winner on Tuesday, July 31st after noon, CST. Check back then to see if it's you.

Follow Julia's publisher, National Center for Youth Issues, 
on Facebook {here}, Instagram {here}, and Twitter {here}.

And don't forget that I have a mindfulness collection {here}.

Until then, I'm unplugging from my devices

and plugging in to my family.

Enjoy the rest of July.