4 Ways Mindfulness Helps Us Find Our Way Through the Dark
How can meditation and mindfulness help us right now? Founding editor Barry Boyce explains four ways to lean on your practice when the world feels heavy. Read More
Articles by Barry Boyce
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Breathing Meditations
Reclaiming Our Attention From “Convenience”
Technology both saves and eats up our time. Beyond the digital detoxes and “dumbphones,” reckoning with our tech habits is as simple as returning to our breath. Read More
Magazine
Decluttering—Outside and Inside
Sorting through and letting go of physical objects we no longer need teaches us about all the things we’re holding onto. As Barry Boyce realizes, it can also help us find kinder, wiser ways of decluttering our mind. Read More
Focus & Attention
12 Minute Meditation: A Guided Practice to Focus the Mind
This meditation guides us to focus the mind and open up to the opportunity to simply be, led by Barry Boyce. Read More
Magazine
All the Rage: What We Can Learn From Feeling Angry
Navigating anger may not be a comfortable process—yet we can learn a great deal from examining this fiery emotion as a part of our human experience. Read More
Expert Interviews
Q&A: How Connecting With Our Senses Helps Us Get Unstuck
Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce sits down with Norman Farb and Zindel Segal to talk about their new book Better In Every Sense and how reconnecting with our senses can help get us unstuck and establish new patterns. Read More
Learn
The Power of Humility: Breaking Confirmation Bias for Deeper Connection, Compassion, and Learning
Research shows that intellectual humility can offer far-reaching benefits for both individuals and our society as a whole. Leaders in mindfulness and research break down the science of overcoming confirmation bias and the self-work that can open us up to new perspectives, productive collaboration, and compassion. Read More
Learn
Unlocking the Full Potential of Mindfulness: Rethinking Thoughts about the Past and Future
Explore how integrating hindsight and foresight into your mindfulness practice unlocks resilience, open-mindedness, and a richer understanding of what it means to be human. Read More
Focus & Attention
The Power and Pitfalls of the Human Need for Bias
Bias is a natural human tendency that can be both helpful and harmful. While biases serve as shortcuts for quick decision-making, they can also lead to prejudice and hinder personal growth. By learning how to recognize our biases, we can strive for a more balanced outlook. Read More
Magazine
Letting Go of the Need to Win
When we embrace the fact that failure is a natural part of being human, we may stumble onto a sense of simple joy that is the pinnacle of achievement. Read More
