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Dr. Stacee Reicherzer, counselor and author of The Healing Otherness Handbook, is working to help people who are marginalized in society heal.

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With rising rates of perinatal mental illness, brief mindfulness interventions may come to play an
important role in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression.

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Researcher and Fierce Self-Compassion author Kristin Neff on how to empower ourselves—and change the world—through caring authentically for ourselves.

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Picture the dynamics of your workplace according to how much it values well-being and strong relationships.

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Mindfulness teacher Kelly Barron leads a practice for connecting with nature wherever you are.

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As opioid addiction rates continue to climb, some chronic pain patients find that mindfulness helps by opening up space for acceptance and curiosity.

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The natural world and its processes has much to teach us about the flexibility, creativity, and resilience that’s already within us, just waiting to unfurl.

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Shalini Bahl-Milne shares three mindful steps that empower us to be present and act with integrity and joyfulness.

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How your body holds onto life experiences and how to work with the feelings that arise.

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Our own cognitive biases, combined with a fast-paced chaotic environment, wear down our ability to discern false narratives from facts. Amishi Jha explains the science on how to shift away from divisiveness and boost your brain’s resilience.

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Being future-oriented has become synonymous with the idea of purpose. But this isn’t the only way we can feel purposeful.

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Anxiety often contributes to keeping us stuck in habits we don’t want. This mindfulness practice lets us soothe racing thoughts by letting us tune in to embodied awareness.

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This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of roads to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

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In her role as Mindfulness Director at a US middle school, Erica Marcus is helping students and teachers honor the difficulties of learning in the era of COVID, while also savoring the joys.

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross gave us a vocabulary for talking about grief. Therapist and author Claire Bidwell-Smith expands on it. Given our current global grief, we will need those words to heal.

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Explore how mindfulness and meditation can help soften feelings of anxiousness, reduce stress, and calm a panic attack in our new mindful guide to meditation for anxiety.

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Take inventory of different aspects of self-compassion and think about what you might need in the moment to care for yourself.

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Dr. Stacee Reicherzer, counselor and author of The Healing Otherness Handbook, shares a meditation on the colors of the Pride flag informed by her experience as a transgender woman.

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Speaking mindfully about things that matter.

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Guided meditations to nourish compassion, resilience and calm.

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Explore three tools that can help us gain appreciation for the past and develop awareness for the future.

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Our automatic reactions are the result of unexamined habits, including anxiety. In his new book Unwinding Anxiety, neuroscientist and psychiatrist Judson Brewer explores how mindfulness can plant the seeds for a calmer mind.

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Our bodies don’t need to look any certain way to be healthy, strong, or worthy. Yoga and mindfulness experts weigh in on the real work of deeply accepting and loving the body you’re in.

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Sometimes, willpower and reframing aren’t enough to break a habit. Here’s how to break the cycle.

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Even tight-knit, caring groups of people can be susceptible to cliquiness and even cruelty. Founding editor Barry Boyce considers what we can all do to hold each other accountable.

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What remains, amid loss and suffering, uncertainty and fear, is the breath. Ten mindful women offer the wisdom of their practice, from their hearts to yours.

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Tuning in to your senses can help you experience and benefit from the bounty that nature offers—no matter where you live.

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Next time you step outside, try these three simple practices to be fully present to the benefits of nature.

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There’s nothing wrong with us when we feel strong emotions like irritability or anger, in fact, says Tara Brach, they are primitive forms of self-love.

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Mindful readers share how they connect with themselves and their communities.

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From bringing yogic wisdom off the mat to mindfulness for chronic pain, here are six books and three podcasts the Mindful editors recommend.

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Here’s a series of simple postures and movements you can use as part of a sitting meditation session—or anytime.

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From creative self-care to acts of pandemic kindness, read what’s new in the world of mindfulness.

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The latest research on how mindfulness affects body awareness, serves Latinx communities, and more.

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These card games have been mindfully reimagined to be more inclusive, relational, and healing.

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Feeling unwell can be hard work sometimes—and that might be a sign that it’s time to stop trying so hard. Taking the mindful path means making room for suffering, too.

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Jenée Johnson offers a three-minute practice for loving-kindness with a liberation bent.

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Zindel Segal and Sona Dimidjian share the story of their mission to bring MBCT online, and how that led to their new digital platform Mindful Noggin.

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The crisis of stress and burnout among healthcare workers asks for more than just individual training. Dr. Jonathan Fisher unpacks why we need mindfulness at all levels of the system to create real change.

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In the spaces between objects, people, sounds, and time, we can find definition, potential, and meaning. Authors Chris Willard and Olivia Weisser offer a mindfulness practice to explore what we often don’t focus on.

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The stories we tell about others may or may not be true, and telling them often involves a subtle breach of integrity.

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Mindfulness meditation teacher Enrique Collazo is disrupting class-as-usual with a mindfulness and compassion curriculum.

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Discrimination at work harms women, businesses, and society. Leadership coach Carley Hauck shares nine tangible ways that men can acknowledge this imbalance, show up for female coworkers and those from marginalized groups, and help to move the needle toward gender justice.

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Mindfulness teacher Rose Mina Munjee explores why Indigenous land acknowledgments matter, and
offers a guide for writing a land acknowledgment as a practice to expand awareness and encourage justice.

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Finding our way to true accountability requires a willingness to sit with the discomfort of having caused pain, allowing true compassion to arise.

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From unwinding anxiety thought loops to exploring mindfulness for adult ADHD, here’s what the editors at Mindful are reading this month. Plus, three mindful podcasts in our playlists.

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A recent set of studies shows that while mindfulness may enhance self-awareness, it does not necessarily increase prosocial behavior.

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Jen Fisher shares three of her top tips for incorporating the habits of mindfulness into a busy daily routine.

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Mindfulness teacher and author Chris Willard offers some out-of-the-box ways to introduce mindfulness to youth.

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Jessica Morey leads a meditation to help us connect with our own goodness. When we're anchored in feelings of love and gratitude, we can bring loving-kindness and compassion with us out into the world.

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Dacher Keltner, director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab, explains how gossip can be a social practice that works for the greater good.

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On some level, many of us are healing from perfectionism, but with mindfulness we can learn to embrace our flaws. Cheryl Jones, founder of The Mindful Path, shares a guided practice to be with ourselves as we are.

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When we hone our attention to the subtleties of impermanence that are inherent in every breath, we step into our lives with integrity, compassion, forgiveness, and love.

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Michelle Maldonado offers a practice for tuning in to the wisdom of the body.

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Meditation is a core mindfulness practice that you can customize to meet you where you are, bring your attention to the present moment, and engage in more compassion and connection. Here’s what you need to know to get started.

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Trying to pin down why you’re constantly exhausted can feel, well, exhausting. Experts say part of the solution could involve nurturing your adrenal health.

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A simple guide to help you build well-being into your routine.

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A recent study showed that we feel more self-compassion when we see that other people are imperfect, too.

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Thinking about signing up for a subscription-based mindfulness experience? Here are our four favorite premium mindfulness apps to consider—plus, two extra self-care apps that caught our attention.

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Life can make it difficult to check in on those we love and care about. Follow this compassion practice to become more aware of opportunities to extend compassion to others.

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When we open our hearts and minds to those around us, we can explore ways to express compassion.

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With all of life’s challenges, it can be difficult to find your flow and go with it. But when we are able to cultivate our presence in the midst of daily activities, we can fully experience the joy of each act.

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It’s easy to focus on what we want rather than what we have. But when we shift our awareness to the present moment, we begin finding moments of gratitude in everyday life.

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When we practice present-moment awareness, we can savor each moment, make time feel like it’s passing slower, and get in touch with the fundamental wonder of being alive.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in support of frontline healthcare workers, we’re highlighting the struggle that so many are facing.

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Our stories and beliefs make up the lens through which we see the world and ourselves. By taking a deep look at those beliefs and calling them into question, we can live with more compassion, ease, and openness.

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Authors and mindfulness experts Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp dive into the research on how building strong connections with others helps us stay healthy and happy.

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Movement is a way to care for your body and mind, and it doesn’t need to be difficult or time consuming. Here are some tips to get started.

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Amit Bernstein discovered his life's purpose sailing through Thailand. Now he's researching the ways mindfulness can help alleviate suffering and promote human flourishing.

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The latest new research on mindfulness for concussions, mental health challenges, and more.

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Scott Shute, the head of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn, shares a few simple gestures that can help foster compassion in our workplaces, families, and communities.

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Recharge your mind and tap into something larger than yourself with research-backed tips for ending burnout and increasing well-being.

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Sometimes we can be grateful for people or things in our lives without really appreciating them. In this practice, Jennifer R. Wolkin, PhD offers a way to slow down and appreciate what’s around you.

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Accessible mindfulness practices, meditations, and resources for healthcare workers.

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Do emotions have a place at work? In conversation with Deloitte Chief Well-Being Officer Jen Fisher, psychologist Susan David explains why it’s beneficial to make space for emotions, and tips for honing your emotional agility.

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This engaging meditation uses the energy and imagery of leaves to foster inner connection and emotional regulation. Follow the guided practice and join your child on a mindful adventure.

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The pervasiveness of burnout culture is hidden and hurting doctors and patients.

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Why looking critically at your leadership style—and seeking genuine feedback from your team—is key to avoiding the organizational pitfalls of unconscious leadership.

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Procrastination can feel like a bad habit, one that’s hard to break. We talked to Dr. Piers Steel, one of the foremost researchers on the science of motivation and procrastination, about what it takes to break your procrastination habit and the role our emotions play in getting the job done.

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When we get intentional about noticing the details around us, we open ourselves up to the wonder, nourishment, and surprise that nature has to offer.

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Loving-kindness meditation can help us to awaken to how connected we all are. You don’t have to like everybody, or agree with everything they do—but you can open up to the possibility of caring for them.

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Cutting-edge neuroscience shows that your brain isn’t built for thinking—it’s made to predict your reality, and you have more power over that perception than you might think.

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Reclaim the first few moments of your day by dedicating some time to morning meditation or an empowering routine. To help you get started, we’ve gathered our best tips on how to ease your mind and body into a new day.

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Our hearts break, but our hearts also heal. The thread that pulls us from heartbreak to healing is love, says Judy Lief in this practice for working with grief.

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Jenée Johnson shares a mindfulness practice that is at the heart of one of our most basic needs: rest. As Johnson explains, there is no healing without rest. So, in this time of uncertainty, use this guided practice to create spaciousness whenever you feel a need arise.

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Caring for someone requires more than good intentions. Founding editor Barry Boyce shares what he learned about being present and truly listening from the time he spent with his aging mother.

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Research from the Center for Healthy Minds is addressing the recent decline in well-being by proposing a training-based framework for “the cultivation of human flourishing.”

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It's time to debunk the myth that emotions don't belong in the workplace. Bringing our emotions to work isn't just healthy, it can also be valuable.

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How the clothes we wear can affect our relationships, behavior, and identity—and why it’s different for almost everyone.

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Our failures only hold us back if we don’t engage with them mindfully. Katherine Ellison learned the hard way the value of failing with presence—and recovering with slow accountability.

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Grief can hold our heads beneath the waves, but, as Bryan Welch writes, its tides can also open us to compassion for ourselves and others, showing us the value of a broken heart.

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While mindful moments can be woven into any milieu, some companies are going out of their way to create stylish meditation spaces.

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Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet on how to align with your values, love yourself more, and have a truly intentional wardrobe, just by taking fashion into your own hands.

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Mindful’s editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock on remembering that there’s joy, love, and abundance to be found even in our brokenness, simply because we’re alive.

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Like charity, mindfulness may well begin at home. Here are some of the latest digital platforms and apps for family well-being.

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Ghylian Bell takes us through a guided meditation that reminds us that we are connected to ourselves and those around us during these challenging times.

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