Barry Boyce is Founding Editor of Mindful and Mindful.org. A longtime meditation practitioner and teacher—as well as a professional writer and editor— he is the editor of and a primary contributor to The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists, and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life. Barry also worked closely with Congressman Tim Ryan, as developmental editor, on A Mindful Nation and The Real Food Revolution. Barry serves on the board of directors of the Foundation for a Mindful Society and the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto as well as on the advisory board of Peace in Schools, in Portland, Oregon.
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Welcome to Mindful Interrupters 

They might be a little corny, a little quirky, but they work. Barry Boyce, Mindful's Editor-in-Chief, explains Mindful Interrupters.  Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • February 20, 2013
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Anxiety
Using Mindfulness to Cope With Pain 

When we become patients, we experience greater pain and limitation, but how we respond can make all the difference, says Susan Bauer-Wu. Barry Boyce reports. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • February 4, 2013
Voices
Inaugural Voices 

Mindful Publisher Jim Gimian and I travelled last week to the Inauguration ceremonies for President Obama as guests of Representative Tim Ryan, author of A Mindful Nation. (Jim and I helped Representative Ryan with the conception, shaping, and promoting of the book; in the second issue of Mindful, PBS NewsHour… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • January 28, 2013
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The Battle in the Brain 

Of the multiplicity of amazing and not-at-all amazing features that appear on the web, my hands-down favorite is RSA Animate. It’s never failed to please me. In a nutshell, the Royal Society of Arts in London invites authors and innovators to give short talks on new and challenging thinking. The… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • June 24, 2012
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Veteran rocker rocking it for veterans 

At the Hawn Foundation benefit for MindUP that I mentioned in my previous post, “Celebrating Goldie Hawn and MindUP,” I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Dave Mason. Mason was a pal of Jimi Hendrix and a rock legend in his own right as founder of the British band… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • May 24, 2011
Kids and Teens
Celebrating Goldie Hawn and MindUP 

What do Meryl Streep, Kyle Maclachlan, Kurt Russell, certain players from the worlds of Washington and Wall Street, and I all have in common? We all had the great honor to be together at the Metropolitan Club at New York’s Central Park late last month, celebrating Goldie Hawn’s work in trying… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • May 19, 2011
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Learning to Make Peace 

On Wednesday, February 2, the dynamic and innovative mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker, announced the Newark Peace Education Summit: The Power of Nonviolence. The Dalai Lama will join Mayor Booker and other activists and experts on May 13-15 to share stories of challenge and success in the… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • February 4, 2011
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Toward a Mindful Society 

Barry Boyce interviews Jon Kabat-Zinn, who was a keynote speaker at the Creating a Mindful Society conference in New York City. (Click here to view the livestream.) Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • September 8, 2010
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The Science of Love 

Are there provable methods we can use to become more altruistic and compassionate? Barry Boyce reports on CCARE's growing number of scientists and researchers who are studying how to bring out the best in human nature.  Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • September 7, 2010
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