Mindful Solutions Counseling and Educational Consulting

06/06/2026

06/02/2026

Love is love - and when you love someone, you accept them for who they are, and believe in building a world where love and support come without conditions, because each person is inherently worthy.

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06/02/2026

How does repeated exposure to negative headlines shape our outlook — and what can be done to restore balance? In this article, Mindful Solutions Counseling examines the brain’s negative thinking bias, its influence on daily news consumption, and practical strategies to cultivate a more hopeful perspective. Readers will find research-grounded explanations and actionable steps — from curating positive news sources to mindful media habits and community engagement — that support mental well-being.

Melissa McDavid brings over 25 years of clinical experience to this discussion, emphasizing personalized, evidence-based interventions (including restorative yoga and sound healing) tailored for individuals, couples, and families. For Houston residents seeking compassionate, insurer-friendly care, Mindful Solutions accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield and offers integrative approaches designed to foster resilience and growth.

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Why Our Minds Gravitate Toward Negative NewsHumans experience more than 6,000 thoughts per day. Research shows a strong tendency for many of these thoughts to be negative. This negative thinking bias is wired into our brains as a survival mechanism. In prehistoric times, being alert to threats like....

06/01/2026

The school counselor supports students through the stages of identity development and understands this may be more difficult for LGBTQ+ youth. School counselors provide support to LGBTQ+ students to promote academic achievement and social/emotional development. School counselors are committed to affirming all youth, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression and to creating safe and affirming schools.

05/31/2026

Take time to process the pattern and rhythm of your thoughts. It's like observing a waterfall.

05/31/2026

We can observe the process and patterns of our thoughts when we step back. When people pay attention to their thoughts rather than becoming absorbed in them, they often notice that thoughts are not completely random.
Like this waterfall, thoughts have a unified pattern if we listen, observe and take the time to process them.

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

Krista Tippett: One of the things that I’ve heard you say across the years, and I think have never taken it in so gratefully, and it has never been so helpful before — the healing is in the return, not in not getting lost in the beginning. But that’s such a relief. That is such a liberation.

Sharon Salzberg: Well, I think it’s powerful because I actually think it’s true. When I started meditation, like most of us, I had a different idea of success [laughs] and what it would look like and that it would be very much about accumulation, like if I could be with two breaths in the beginning, without my mind wandering, then surely, by today, I should be with eight. And then, tomorrow, I should be with 15. And then, eventually, my mind won’t wander. And I found that the most unbelievable thing — that that wasn’t the point, that learning how to let go more gracefully was the point. Learning how to start over with some compassion for yourself, instead of judging yourself so harshly — that was the point. And it’s so funny, because really, it was like Lesson 101, for me, and it’s probably —

Krista Tippett: Well, it’s a Lesson 101 in life, too, right?

Sharon Salzberg: And it’s the most precious thing. I use it every day. [laughs] It’s still the most significant thing I’ve ever learned from meditation and that I use it every single day, because we do. We have to start over and do a course correction, or pick ourselves up if we’ve fallen down, every day.

Hear complete interview here: https://onbeing.org/programs/sharon-salzberg-the-healing-is-in-the-return/