WiseGirl: Mindful Eating, with Francesca Maxime

#WiseGirl: mindful eating. Today I would like to talk about New Year's resolutions and one of the infamous ones: losing weight! I had a long conversation with a friend the other day and a few things occurred to me that I wanted to share with you all😊

WiseGirl: Relaxation v. Laziness

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about relaxation v. laziness, and if we can somehow learn to truly relax vs. allow our inner critic to call us lazy, that we can open to a whole new place of wellbeing, filled with better communication and more satisfying relationships with our own self, and others.

WiseGirl: Vulnerability v. Venerability, w/ Francesca Maxime, meditation...

In today's #WiseGirl, I talk about how connecting with our inner venerability can also help us stay dignified and noble, when we're feeling vulnerable.

WiseGirl: Wonder vs. Wondering, with Francesca Maxime, meditation teache...

In this #WiseGirl video, I talk about how we can recall a child's sense of wonder, curiosity, and inquiry, and let go of the "wondering" feeling that often causes us anxiety, fear, or shame. I invite you to open up to new possibilities in 2017 and see if we can't be like little children and open to our lives with new eyes, and see things fresh, as if for the first time.

In today's #WiseGirl, I talk about how connecting with our inner venerability can also help us stay dignified and noble, when we're feeling vulnerable.WiseGirl: Vulnerability v. Venerability, w/ Francesca Maxime, meditation...

In today's #WiseGirl, I talk about how connecting with our inner venerability can also help us stay dignified and noble, when we're feeling vulnerable.

WiseGirl: Intentions v. Resolutions, with Francesca Maxime: Journalist, ...

In this WiseGirl: Intentions vs. Resolutions, first broadcast on Facebook Live, I'm talking about resolutions and how being resolute isn't necessarily how I'm going to approach this coming year. How perhaps setting our "intentions" may be more helpful than something that may feel inflexible or binding, like "resolutions."

Chai'n'Chat #12 ~ Unconditional Love And Romantic Love

Here’s my chat with Krishna Das on unconditional Love vs. Romantic Love. It’s a doozy! ;) He’s the best;) Thanks KD!!!

WiseGirl: Generosity -- Giving & Receiving, with Francesca Maxime: Journ...

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about how this is the season of giving, and how receiving can be a form of generosity.

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about how we tend to run towards praise but run away from blame, and how those ideas of grasping and aversion can lead to our suffering. She also discusses ways in which we can return to a centered self through meditation and mindful breathing to cultivate an inner balance that allows us to respond and not react to situations, nor attach a story to other people's comments about us, whatever they may beWiseGirl: Praise & Blame, with Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about how we tend to run towards praise but run away from blame, and how those ideas of grasping and aversion can lead to our suffering. She also discusses ways in which we can return to a centered self through meditation and mindful breathing to cultivate an inner balance that allows us to respond and not react to situations, nor attach a story to other people's comments about us, whatever they may beWiseGirl: Praise & Blame, with Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

WiseGirl: Holidays & Power of the Pause, with Francesca Maxime: Journali...

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about how, especially around the family dinner table for holidays, we can get triggered when we hear others' ideas and opinions, but instead, can use the "power of the pause" to create greater wellbeing and happiness in the moment and beyond.

WiseGirl: Feeling Valued; with Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

In today's bonus #WiseGirl video, I talk about feeling valued, and how if you don't feel valued, that doesn't mean you're not valued, or valuable. #value #compassion #purpose #mindfulness #care #nonjudgment #kindness

WiseGirl: Mental Hygiene, with Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

In today’s #WiseGirl video, I talk about how we can practice mental hygiene daily, be honest with ourselves, and use "mental floss' to clear up what may be clogging us up and blocking us from living with greater happiness and ease. #mindfulness #meditation #happiness #yoga #yogini #practice #mentalhygiene #ease #nojudgment #selfcompassion

WiseGirl: Singletasking, with Francesca Maxime

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about singletasking vs. multitasking and how the "busy-ness" of our everyday lives can be countered with focusing on one thing at a time, versus trying to do everything at once, which can seem overwhelming. #mindfulness #meditation #singletasking #enjoythemoment #beherenow

WiseGirl: Singletasking, with Francesca Maxime

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about singletasking vs. multitasking and how the "busy-ness" of our everyday lives can be countered with focusing on one thing at a time, versus trying to do everything at once, which can seem overwhelming. #mindfulness #meditation #singletasking #enjoythemoment #beherenow

WiseGirl: Being Still with Ourselves, with Francesca Maxime: Journalist,...

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about the ability to be still with ourselves, and how in that inner stillness, we can find a strength that leads us towards responsive action. #wisdom #meditation #stillness #quiet #activist #justice #survivor #mindfulness

WiseGirl: Happiness, with Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

In today's #WiseGirl video, I talk about how people share one thing in common: the desire to be happy. I invite you to consider how you might create space for holding both darkness and light, and see that in many ways, we have much in common with one another.

WiseGirl: Day of the Dead, by Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

In today's #WiseGirl video chat I talk about All Soul's Day/Day of the Dead, what it teaches us about living, my grandfather's passing on this day 20 years ago and the integrity I feel he possessed that I look towards as a model for living wisely. #allsoulsday #dayofthedead #meditation #mindfulness #suffering #eradicationofsuffering

WiseGirl: Impermanence Part 2, with Francesca MAxime

In today's WiseGirl video chat, Brooklyn-based journalist, poet, and author Francesca Maxime continues her talk about impermanence and how self-compassion and relaxing in the present moment helps us handle the vagaries of the ups and downs of life. She invites us to listen to our bodies and sensations that arise that can create certain emotions we may judge as "bad" or "good," and instead of acting/reacting right away, to give ourselves 60-90 seconds to just follow our breathing, with awareness, and then see if we still want to respond the way we might have originally, or if we created enough space to respond with a more grounded and balanced sense of ourselves and the whole situation, whatever it may be.

WiseGirl: Impermanence, by Francesca Maxime: Journalist, Poet, Author

In today's #WiseGirl video chat, I talk about impermanence (Part 1) and how meditation helps us relate better not to WHAT happens, but teaches us more skillfl ways as to how we RESPOND to what happens. I get a little choked up at the end but it's all good -- I'm fine. Again, acceptance and resting in the present moment, knowing that "bad feelings" are also impermanent, as are good ones. #impermanence #meditation #presence #awareness #OKtobesad #OKtofeeljoy #love Francesca Marguerite Maximé Francesca Marguerite Maximé, TV Show Host, Journalist, Poet Francesca Marguerite Maximé Francesca Marguerite Maximé Francesca Maxime Fan Page Francesca Marguerite Maximé