This is Why We Practice Mindfulness Meditation
Mindful Editor Anne Alexander reflects on the importance of leaning on our practice when the known falls away and we’re left with anger, confusion, fury, or despair. Read More

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Anne Alexander is a former editor of Mindful Magazine and the author of two New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Pennsylvania with her three kids.

Mindful Editor Anne Alexander reflects on the importance of leaning on our practice when the known falls away and we’re left with anger, confusion, fury, or despair. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | AUG 31, 2020

Mindful editor Anne Alexander reflects on the new realities of COVID-19 and encourages us to embrace loving-kindness. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | APR 22, 2020

Mindful's Content Director Anne Alexander reminds us that we have the innate ability to practice mindfulness, work co-operatively, and live in community in the truest sense of the word. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | MAR 19, 2020

Mindful's Content Director Anne Alexander talks with neuroscientist, psychiatrist, and mindfulness expert Dr. Judson Brewer. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | MAR 15, 2020

Mindful Editor Anne Alexander asks producer and director Rob Beemer what he learned behind the scenes of his new documentary film. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | MAR 6, 2020

Mindful editor Anne Alexander invites us on the journey of deepening our sense of wellness through mindful ways of thinking and being. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | MAR 4, 2020

Mindful Editor Anne Alexander reflects on the end of the decade and the start of a new year. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | DEC 31, 2019

Army Lieutenant General Walt Piatt discusses the role mindfulness plays in conquering fear, avoiding procrastinating, and training for combat. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | OCT 31, 2019

Emails and work can wait, writes Anne Alexander. Love is for the here and now. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | OCT 22, 2019

True resilience isn’t about toughening up, it’s about mental suppleness, flexibility, and raw vulnerability, writes editor Anne Alexander. Read More
ANNE ALEXANDER | AUG 20, 2019
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