Death Don’t Have No Mercy: A Memoir of a Mother’s Death
When the time comes is it possible to override the instinct to hold on? Mariana Caplan chronicles the intimate and universal experience of her mother’s death, recounting the resistance, the acceptance, and the many unplanned feelings in between. Read More 
Contemplative Education
Barry Boyce on three university educators who have begun to integrate mindfulness into their lives and work. Click here to watch related footage from the Creating a Mindful Society conference. Read More
What to Eat in the Morning?
Food writer John Thorne, author of Pot on the Fire, muses over breakfast—its purpose, its constitution and what it means for your day. Read More
The Law of Mindfulness
Barry Boyce profiles three mindfulness programs for lawyers that promote a more effective, sustainable justice system—for more on this check out the livestream of Creating a Mindful Society. Read More
Don’t Be So Sure
Margaret Wheatley explains why now, more than ever, we need a curiosity and a willingness to sit in uncertainty. Read More
Victory Reveals Itself
We may not be generals, presidents or CEO’s, but conflict is still an inescapable part of our lives. The Art of War, says James Gimian, teaches us the profound art of “taking whole,” the victory that everyone shares in. Read More
The Green Path
In her book, Mindfully Green, Stephanie Kaza argues that environmentalism must be about more than the personal actions we take or the public policies we support. To be truly transformative, it must change the way we see ourselves, our world, and the relationship between the two. Read More
Please Help Me Learn Who I Am
Barry Boyce reports on how contemplation can not only improve grades and decision-making skills, but also transform our system of education. Read More
It’s Not Helping
What can you do when compassion shows up as frustration? Karen Kissel Wegela on how to be present with our own helplessness. Read More
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