INTERRUPTER: Footfalls
Next time you walk, notice each foot as it meets the ground and as you lift it and swing it. No need to look down. Don't bump anyone.
Psychology
Are we just too stupid to be happy? Daniel Gilbert, Psychologist and author of Stumbling on Happiness, reveals some of the common mental mistakes that defeat our search for happiness.
The fear-response is a powerful emotional and physiological reaction that can be triggered by more than just an imminent physical threat. In this excerpt from his book The Mindfulness Solution, Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, explores the human response to fear, and shows us how mindfulness can help manage it.
Meditation and yoga teacher Kelly McGonigal discovers how the future we imagine never arrives, but now is not so bad after all.
In an excerpt from their new book, The Mindful Way Through Anxiety, Susan M. Orsillo, Ph.D, and Lizabeth Roemer, Ph.D discuss developing the skills of mindfulness in order to bring kind attention into your daily life.
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Ed Halliwell on what mindful movement taught him about his patterns of thinking.
Elisha Goldstein: Beyond teen exam stress.
Steph Tlalka: Meditation vacuum cleaner?