Being Gentle with Your Feelings In Lockdown
When the enforced togetherness of quarantine starts to feel a little too close for comfort, reach for this five-step practice to find your grace under pressure. Read More
Articles by Elaine Smookler
Guided Meditations
Depression & Grief
How To Make Friends With What You’re Feeling
Mindfulness doesn’t protect us from feeling fear, anxiety, and grief, but it can offer tools to navigate those complicated emotions. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
What I Learned About Myself at the Grocery Store: Mindfulness Lessons from COVID-19
Elaine Smookler didn't expect to find herself fighting the urge to panic-buy while shopping this week. Here's how mindfulness helped her to slow down and remember kindness. Read More
Mindfulness For
How to Let Go of Your Inner Control Freak
When you relinquish control over how people and things ought to be, you can improve your relationships and decrease your stress. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
What to Do About Your Mean Streak
Checking in with your intentions when you feel tempted to be unkind can help you rethink your reactions. Read More
Gratitude
Nourish Yourself By Honoring What’s Present For You Now
Every day, life presents us with a set of ingredients to work with. It’s up to us to turn them into something delicious. Read More
Magazine
Why Happiness Isn’t Always Comfortable
Most of us believe that happiness comes from living a stress-free life. But our greatest challenges may hold the secret to uncovering our greatest joys, writes Elaine Smookler. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Deepen Your Connections and Sense of Belonging
We’re more connected than ever, yet often feel disconnected from others. Here’s how to cultivate belonging. Read More
Magazine
A Mindful Pity Party: Meditating While Sick
When we're sick and sulky, the last thing we want is to do a mindfulness practice. Comedian and mindfulness practitioner Elaine Smookler describes this dilemma as only she can. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Up Your Empathy Game: Practice with Customer Service Calls
We treat customer service reps like disembodied voices—or worse, human vending machines. Explore this practice for making your exchange more human and less transactional. Read More
