Author / Teacher
Andrew Safer is a mindfulness instructor and trainer, and author based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. With a 55-year practice and 30 years as a mindfulness instructor, he presents applied mindfulness training programs for mental health (anxiety and stress, ADHD, depression, suicidal thoughts, and addictions) and the workplace. He is the author of Anxiety, Stress & Mindfulness: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Wellness and Mindfulness in the Workplace: Cultivating Well-Being at Work (2nd Tier Publishing). You can find him at www.safermindfulness.com.
In 2025, mindfulness teacher Andrew Safer tracked the effects of attention training for workshop participants with ADHD. What he learned has implications for all of us. Read More
Ever wonder why your emails tend to be better when you wait a little before replying? Choosing to take a pause before we act may sound simple, but it yields powerful results. Longtime mindfulness teacher and author Andrew Safer shares a few ways we can practice pausing, both at our job and everywhere in our life. Read More
A conversation with mindfulness teacher Andrew Safer about designing and leading a program to help people safely navigate and reduce suicidal thoughts. Read More
Thoughts (including the menacing and intrusive ones) are not facts. Here we learn to work with our thoughts in a kind way, without letting them overwhelm us. Read More
Every thought has the potential to lead to an action, which is why it’s important to hold our ideas lightly. Andrew Safer explores the impact of thoughts and how we maintain a distance from them that helps us know how to proceed. Read More
Sometimes we get overwhelmed by circumstances that just feel too big, threatening catastrophe. Take a breath. Being in this moment leads us toward the calm simplicity within ourselves. Read More
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