INTERRUPTER: Stop and Smell the Roses
No, really. 1) Locate a flower in field of vision. 2) Stop.
3) Lean in and sniff. Wow.
in YOUR LIFE
Read inspiring and moving stories by people facing life’s challenges with mindfulness and compassion, and learn how to enrich your own life through art and creativity, sports and recreation, and your own spiritual practice.
The “muscular” Christ is back. He’s tough on his enemies and his word is absolute. But is that who Christ really was? Barry Boyce talks with Elaine Pagels, the leading authority on Christianity’s suppressed gospels.
After experiencing a painful break-up, Misha Becker discovers that in every moment is a death and a rebirth. In the gap is the opportunity for healing and a fresh start.
When the time comes is it possible to override the instinct to hold on? Mariana Caplan chronicles the intimate and universal experience of her mother’s death, recounting the resistance, the acceptance, and the many unplanned feelings in between.
Literature and legends, fables and falsehoods—novelist Anne Donovan on paying attention and finding insight though story.
Dana Fleur talks to Madeline Bruser, author of The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart.
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How can mindfulness help? Elisha Goldstein, Mindful's mental health blogger, looks beyond teen exam stress.
Steph Tlalka: Meditation vacuum cleaner?
Carsten Knox: Stay connected to nature.