A 10-Minute Guided Mindfulness Meditation to Foster Forgiveness
A mindfulness meditation practice to help us let go of the tendency to add to our suffering during challenging situations.
→Author: Mark Bertin
Mark Bertin
Dr. Mark Bertin is a developmental behavioral pediatrician and author of Mindful Parenting for ADHD and The Family ADHD Solution. He is an assistant professor of pediatrics at New York Medical College, on the faculty of the Windward Teacher Training Institute, and on the editorial advisory board of Common Sense Media.
A 20-Minute Body Scan to Cultivate Attention
Tuning in to the body gives us a chance to notice where we need to make changes—it’s an opportunity to practice responsiveness. Wind down from a busy day with this guided meditation from Mark Bertin, MD.
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Getting Kids Unhooked from Their Smartphones
Setting guidelines around kids’ tech use starts with the habits and conscious choices of parents. Mark Bertin, MD, shares tips on how families can be mindful with their tech.
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Building Resilience: How to Shift Mental Gears
If we view challenges as stressful setbacks, there’s an opportunity to shift our perspective and grow from our experiences.
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A Loving-Kindness Meditation to Cultivate Resilience
A 20-minute loving-kindness practice to help us extend compassion to ourselves, those around us, and the larger world.
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A Guided Breathing Meditation to Cultivate Awareness
A 15-minute breathing meditation that builds awareness of thoughts, feelings, and sensations in the body.
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Mental Meteorology: How Noticing Your Thoughts Leads to Healthier Habits of Mind
Our mental habits can be both useful and far from useful—to start sorting out the difference we first have to notice them.
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Body Scan for Kids
An 11-minute body scan for children to help bring calmness, attention, and appreciation to hectic daytime routines and marathon bedtime rituals.
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Living with, and Loving, Your Imperfect Life
Mice in your kitchen, ants at the picnic, screaming children, losing your temper, grouchy boss—life is full of imperfections. And yet it’s uncanny how hard we try to keep everything tidy and together. In fact, when we start to loosen up our habits of perfectionism we discover strength and resilience within.
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Let Go of Being the Ideal Role Model
Our thoughts and images of what an ideal parent or lover or leader should be can get in the way of just being the best we can be in any given moment.
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