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Magazine
Suffering Is Optional 

Physical pain is unavoidable, but meditation practice can ease the mental suffering that often accompanies it. Susan Smalley and Diana Winston teach us how. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • January 25, 2011
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Getting Started
“Meditate in 2011” —Dr. Oz 

Celebrity doctor Dr. Mehmet Oz encouraged people to add "practice meditation" to their New Year's resolution list at a recent benefit gala for The David Lynch Foundation. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • January 4, 2011
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Guided Meditations
One Moment at a Time 

Vidyamala Burch offers mindfulness practices for coping with experiences of pain and suffering. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • November 25, 2010
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Getting Started
Practice: Befriending Self 

Saki Santorelli, director of the stress reduction program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, offers some words of wisdom about practicing mindfulness, or "offering hospitality to ourselves." Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • November 23, 2010
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Depression & Grief
Letting Ourselves Heal 

Saki Santorelli says that healing begins when we uncover our vulnerable places. Hear him talk about this via the livestream of the recent Creating a Mindful Society. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • November 23, 2010
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Expert Interviews
A Mindful Calendar 

Janice Marturano tells us how to pay attention to our daily calendars. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • November 23, 2010
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Expert Interviews
Stumbling on Happiness 

Are we just too stupid to be happy? Daniel Gilbert, Psychologist and author of Stumbling on Happiness, reveals some of the common mental mistakes that defeat our search for happiness. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • September 8, 2010
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