Mindful Staff

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Mindful Staff

Our Mindful.org editorial team specializes in mindfulness, meditation, and mindful living content for Mindful magazine and Mindful.org. We research, write, and curate evidence-based insights, guided meditations, and practical tips designed to boost well-being, reduce stress, and nurture a daily mindfulness practice. Count on our expert editors to deliver the latest mindfulness news, meditation techniques, and mindful living strategies to help you live more present, balanced, and resilient.

Articles by Mindful Staff

God Is Big These Days: Karen Armstrong on Fundamentalism, Compassion, and the Future of Religion
Expert Interviews

God Is Big These Days: Karen Armstrong on Fundamentalism, Compassion, and the Future of Religion

Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God, wants to reclaim religion. Michael Valpy talked to this author, speaker, and activist about the problems with fundamentalism and secular modernity.  Read More

The Zookeeper’s Wife: Radical Compassion, Empathy, and Civilian Courage
Expert Interviews

The Zookeeper’s Wife: Radical Compassion, Empathy, and Civilian Courage

An inspiring story from the terrible days of the Holocaust leads Diane Ackerman, best-selling author of The Natural History of the Senses, and the Zoo Keeper’s Wife, to contemplate the nature of compassion, courage, and empathy. Read More

The Thisness of What Is
Expert Interviews

The Thisness of What Is

Diane Ackerman, best-selling author of Cultivating Delight, and The Zoo Keeper’s Wife, on the ancient tradition of meditation and mysticism that sustained two heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read More

Robert Coles and the Moral Life
Expert Interviews

Robert Coles and the Moral Life

So much talk of morality today is marked by aggression and self-righteousness, but Robert Coles speaks in a gentler and deeper moral voice. David Swick profiles this child psychiatrist, civil rights activist, and author who has spent his life considering the nature of morality and its central place in our lives. Read More

Barbie Dolls and Bottom Lines
Magazine

Barbie Dolls and Bottom Lines

Like any progressive mother, Karen Maezen Miller was torn when her daughter entered the Barbie stage. But what's worse—Barbie’s commercialism and hypersexuality, or Mom’s grown-up judgments and concepts? Read More

8 Mindful Practices for Parents
Mindfulness For

8 Mindful Practices for Parents

Author Karen Maezen Miller offers quick and practical guidelines for maintaining a mindfulness practice throughout your day. Read More

The Big Questions: Mindful Parenting Through a Child’s Curiosity
Magazine

The Big Questions: Mindful Parenting Through a Child’s Curiosity

Anne Cushman's young son, Skye, keeps her on her toes with his many questions: How do we know the things we know? How do we justify our decisions? Read More

Daughter Time
Magazine

Daughter Time

“The time of childhood is going to go fast,” says Rick Bass, author of Where the Sea Used to Be. “I’m doing what I can to slow it down.” Read More

Love’s Legacy Lost
Depression & Grief

Love’s Legacy Lost

A child of one economic crisis, he died on the eve of another. His gift of love was economic security for his family. His son James Kullander reflects on the sadness of a legacy lost. Read More

The Great Mirror
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

The Great Mirror

To see clearly in a relationship we must notice where we connect and where we idealize. Buddhist teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche gives us the tools for greater understanding and insight. Read More

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