Compassion
Finding Joy in the Mundane Moments of Life
What happens when we look for the sublime in mundane tasks? Here are five ways to capture the beauty and connection available in even the most basic daily experiences.
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Calm
Meditation for First Responders and Other Mindful News
Read about one dad sharing compassion via TikTok, the kindness of craftivism, and other noteworthy stories from the world of mindfulness.
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Compassion
A Mindful Approach to Emotional Eating
We often judge ourselves for “eating our feelings,” but we don’t have to. Allowing food to help soothe us in the moment can be an opportunity for kind self-awareness, as can exploring a variety of other ways to calm and work with difficult emotions.
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Compassion
The Work It Takes to Forgive
Rage and bitterness toward those we see as causing our pain can tear us apart. The brave and gentle practice of forgiveness can help you turn toward the future instead of resenting the past.
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Compassion
How COVID Reminded Me We’re All Connected
Founding editor Barry Boyce delves into the ever-present balance between personal independence and our natural interdependence, two ways of seeing that touch every aspect of our lives.
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Calm
Get to Know Your Monsters: A Playful Mindfulness Practice to Work With Difficult Emotions
Playfulness isn’t only for children. Incorporating some lightness in our mindfulness practice can help us address difficulty. Wendy O’Leary shows us how with this visualization exercise that inspired her new children’s book.
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Focus
Where Music and Meditation Meet
Longtime mindfulness practitioner and musician Grant Jones is bringing his two passions together in a project that aims to make mindfulness more accessible for communities of color.
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Compassion
A Guided Meditation to Welcome Forgiveness
For those feeling the pain of anger and resentment, this practice by Dr. Christiane Wolf guides us through the gentle process of starting to forgive.
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Compassion
Four Mindfulness Tools to Support Healthcare Workers Right Now
When we tune in to our innate capacity for mindfulness, we’re better equipped to show up for our patients, our loved ones, and ourselves, without burning out.
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Compassion
4 Ways Noticing What’s Present Can Boost Gratitude
Explore these quick reflections as ways to bring more awareness of gratitude to any moment.
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