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From DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition  by Marsha M. Linehan. Copyright 2015 by Marsha M. Linehan. Permission 
to photocopy this handout is granted to purchasers of this book for personal use only (see copyright page for details).Mindfulness Handout 9a   (Mindfulness Worksheets 7–9) (p. 1 of 2)
ideas for p racticing Balancing  
Doing m ind and Being m ind
The mindfulness skills require a lot of practice. The practice ideas below are to help you act 
skillfully in everyday life, bringing together doing activities of everyday life with being mind.
1. Wise m ind reading.  To increase your desire for mindfulness, find readings or quotations 
that have the effect of making you actually want to practice mindfulness in your everyday 
life. Put these quotations at strategic spots in your life (e.g., near the coffee maker), and then while you are waiting for other things, read the inspirational messages.
2. Wise m ind reminders.  Set an alarm at home, at work, or (if possible) on your cell phone or 
watch to go off randomly or at set times. Use the alarm as a reminder to be mindful of your current activities. (See www.mindfulnessdc.org/bell/index.html  or a similar Internet site for a 
free mindfulness clock to download onto your computer.) Set up automatic text messages or Twitter messages to remind yourself. Write out mindfulness quotations that you like, and 
tape them in strategic places where you will see them as reminders to practice mindfulness.
3. Wise m ind in the routine of daily life. Choose one routine activity in your daily life (such