Ken LaDeroute

Ken LaDeroute is a certified professional mindset coach, meditation teacher, former pro musician and founder of Clarity Mind Institute. Ken helps stressed-out creative entrepreneurs overcome overthinking and reset their mindset to a calm, clear, and focused mindset so they can make better decisions, do their best work, optimize emotional management, and live a simplified life without continually running past the finish line.

187 articles published

Crushing Cancer with Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Mindfulness TrainingJanuary 21, 2015894Views 0Likes 0Comments

Even though it’s been 6 months since the diagnosis, sometimes I still feel like I’ve been punched in the gut. It seems like yesterday when Amy walked in the room and tearfully announced that she had breast cancer. We both cried. I’ve been married to Amy for over 30 years. The thought…

Treat Your Attention Like Gold: 3 Tips Mindfulness Training

Mindfulness TrainingJanuary 16, 2015823Views 0Likes 0Comments

I love to learn and I’m intensely curious but I find that when I start browsing the web I can easily be distracted by scads of interesting information and end up wasting precious time. As a long time mindfulness meditator I am masterful at one-pointed concentration. I must admit however, that the pull of the next email message,…

4 Secret Tips for Living In the Moment

Mindfulness, Mindfulness TrainingJanuary 2, 2015935Views 0Likes 0Comments

If your sense of peace and contentment comes from what you own, or what goals and achievements you have created throughout your life, then it is time to stop and take a look around you. We are human beings, not human “doings” or human “havings”. Yet, despite existing as human beings, we often let the art of…

Mastering Mindfulness: Letting Whatever Happens Be Okay

Mindfulness, Mindfulness TrainingDecember 24, 20141KViews 0Likes 1Comment

In the lyrics for my song, “I Choose Forgiveness,” I wrote, “I accept life the way it is.” This acceptance is also mirrored in the world-famous, “Serenity Prayer.” God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. One of…

How Your Little Demanding Self Causes You Pain and How Surrender Cures It

Happiness and Peace of Mind, Mindfulness TrainingDecember 15, 20141KViews 0Likes 3Comments

When I was on the road as a full-time musician, I let life lead me. I was young and inexperienced and didn't have a care in the world. I was wide-eyed and vulnerable and knew nothing. I lived mindfully, moment to moment and never thought how things might turn out. Life was full of wonder, excitement and surprise! In that…

Mindfulness: A New Way to Live and Do Business

Master Your Mindset, Mindfulness TrainingDecember 14, 20146KViews 0Likes 2Comments

I've found a new way to live and do business. It's taken me over 30 years to understand and implement these techniques I'm about to share with you right now. Once you learn and adopt these techniques, I guarantee your life will change for the better. Everything you do will feel effortless and easy. You'll do the…

The Truth About Why Mindfulness Meditation Will Rock Your World

Mindfulness TrainingNovember 1, 20141KViews 0Likes 3Comments

I have been practicing mindfulness meditation for over 30 years. I started in 1979 when I discovered that mindfulness meditation was a way to deal with anxiety. Since then, the simple act of closing my eyes and emptying my mind has completely transformed my life! Not only has it helped me reduce fear and negative…

Dancing in the Moment

Master Your Mindset, Mindfulness TrainingOctober 23, 2014976Views 0Likes 0Comments

While sitting in mindfulness meditation today I heard a large tree branch come crashing to the ground. It reminded me that nothing happens in nature until it’s ready. As I grow and change, the old adage,“Patience is a virtue,” holds true. The more patient I am with my mind, the more my perspectives broaden. For…

How to use Forgiveness, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Clear Negative Thought Patterns

Happiness and Peace of Mind, MindfulnessSeptember 4, 2014947Views 0Likes 0Comments

For many years I didn't like myself. Even though I was cocky, arrogant and egotistical, underneath it all, I was insecure. So I abused myself. I used drugs, sex and alcohol to help me cope, pump up my self-esteem and pretend that I was good enough. For years I blamed my parents for my insecurities. I held a…

Under Think It

UncategorizedAugust 6, 2014921Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I got into mindfulness meditation 35 years ago, I was looking for a way to deal with fear. Then all I wanted was to know God. Since then, my whole life has become a mindfulness meditation. The practice of mindfulness meditation is a straight and narrow path....like entrepreneurship. You begin to see that there…

A Positive Mindset To Increase Your Happiness by 100%

Happiness and Peace of Mind, MindfulnessFebruary 19, 2014989Views 0Likes 0Comments

Long-time mindfulness meditators simply see. They assign very little meaning to reality. After taking their spiritual lives so seriously, they have come to understand that life isn't serious at all – it just is. If you have unconscious mindsets or beliefs that upset or cause you pain, here are valuable tools that will transform the way…

What to Do When Your Life Sucks

Master Your MindsetSeptember 21, 2013961Views 0Likes 0Comments

The other day I asked my wife, “Do you think I'm a doofus?” “What's a doofus?” She replied. Turns out, it comes from the word doof which is German for "stupid.” Even though I know I'm smart, there are days when I'm just plain stupid. Like today. Groggy, I got up and made coffee and…