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The Healing Power of Being in Nature
How veterans are finding newfound strength through adventures outdoors. Read More 
Stephany Tlalka is a journalist and editor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is an avid camper and spends weekends collecting gems and minerals from local beaches.
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How Your Attention Has Become the Biggest Commodity
Our most scarce resource is under attack from advertisers flocking to digital spaces. Author Tim Wu makes the case for redirecting our attention and carefully curating where we let our minds wander to. Read More
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“Late Show” Host Stephen Colbert on Finding Focus and Embracing Stress
Colbert is finally feeling at home in his new role. Part of that resilience comes from enjoying the stress of the "flaming toboggan ride" of hosting a nightly news show. Read More
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Can We Crowdfund Kindness?
Brooklyn-based start-up Kindness.org wants to community-source acts of kindness—like a Kickstarter for building a kinder world. Read More
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Middle-Schoolers Tame Anxiety in “Release” Short Film
Between stacks of homework, bullies, and awkward texts, middle school is its own sort of battlefield. In this five-minute film, students work through their anxieties using mindfulness. Read More
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Jim Gaffigan: Why You Need Self-Awareness in Comedy and in Life
From the stage to a coffee date, self-awareness is the key to engaging the person across from you. Read More
Anxiety
The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps
When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are. Two mindfulness experts and app developers talked to Mindful about how most apps rely on the science of mindfulness in general to back up their claims, and how that could lead to problems—and fines—in the future, like it did for the brain-training company Lumosity. Read More
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When Your Brain Can’t Decide If You’re Full—There’s An App for That
Are you hungry—or just anxious or bored? A new mindfulness app re-trains our relationship to food. Read More
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Be Smarter than Your Phone
Get your face out of your device—without banning it from your life. Read More
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How Science Reveals That “Well-Being” Is a Skill
World-renowned neuroscientist Richie Davidson on the scientific factors that shape well-being. Read More
