Its a way you can learn to be most of the time or at all times almost. Start with a half hour or 10 min, whichever suits your lifestyle. A good way to learn this skill is to make frequent drop in's on what your mind is doing and adjust as needed. When doing tasks like cleaning or things where we are not really paying attention, use that time to practice your mindfulness and soon it will become a bigger habit then letting the mind run away. you can make the mindfulness as formal or as informal as you like, as long as you are practicing it you will benefit.

I am really glad you looked him up. He has some really good books as well. I like his approach and he is pretty enthusiastic yet calm which is really nice. A lot of therapists teach mindfulness and even do classes on it. It really does work if you stick with it. You can do it anywhere, any time and hopefully you just end up retraining the mind a bit.

I also make check in's with the breath especially if I am stressed and often it is out of wack and just needs a little redirection.