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7 Ways to Practice Mindfulness: 1. Experience your environment with all of your senses: touch, sound, sight, smell, and taste. 2. Do a mindful activity. 3. Take some time to enjoy nature. 4. Pay attention to everything you do. 5. Incorporate gratitude with your mindful practice. 6. Focus on your breathing. 7. Treat yourself the way you would treat a dear friend. In the podcast, I mentioned how I like a certain type of Japanese wash towel, which gives me a nice massage feeling when I scrub and wash myself. I found it on Amazon if you're interested in trying it out. Just to let you know that I'm an affiliate with Amazon and get a very small commission. You...

"Episode 2 of the Positive Masters Show - How Working on Your Passion Projects Can Increase Your Joy and Purpose!" is now available on the Positive Masters Youtube channel and all major podcast platforms where you can subscribe to our show. In this episode, I go over the following: 1. Defining Passion Projects2. Different Types of Passion Projects3. Reviewing the Things You're Passionate About Of the 70+ practices that I do, working on my passion projects give me a reason to look forward to the next day, even years ahead. It also fuels my drive to better this world in some small. And when I'm in darkness, it keeps me progressing with more knowledge, skills, and relationships. 😊 Click the Youtube link...

 1: Positive Masters Show - 3 Daily Gratitude Practices to Boost Your Happiness! 3 gratitude practices that you can do daily to boost your happiness: Express your gratitude from the moment you wake up until you go to sleep. Identify things to be grateful for during your good times and bad times. When good things happen, write down how grateful you for those wonderful moments. Also, if you use something you're grateful for, write it down. As mentioned, I'm an affiliate of Artlist. You can hear more of Artlist's music and purchase their songs for your personal enjoyment or business here: Artlist I use Google Calendar, Google Keep, Gmail, and Google Drive in Google's G Suite for my business...

Get enough sleep to keep your mood in the positive zone. Yesterday, I worked from late at night until the sun came up. I napped for 4 hours and continued working. Even though I wanted to be productive, it was hard. My concentration wasn't at the level I needed to progress steadily throughout my day. Second, my resilience to outside negativity became weaker. Since the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shut down in Hawaii, I've been helping an older friend in her senior years who I met at a coffee shop a couple of years ago by having her come over my place so I can assist her with technology, government programs for COVID-19, & give her access to my Internet...

I hold the warmth of your lonely soul. Let your fears go. Let them fly away and dissipate. That's how we'll make our escape. - +positive masters+, Jon Riki Karamatsu, Poem, 6/22/2019 - You can be physically lonely, and you can be mentally lonely. Your fears can control your mind. You may keep them within you because you don't want anyone to see your vulnerability. However, by talking about your fears to someone who is understanding, that person may be able to help you to take the necessary steps to push away your perception of your fears, which are often distorted. Talk therapy or psychotherapy with an understanding person can help you break out of your blown out of proportion...