Kids & Teens
Mindful Parenting: Meet Your Inner Critic with Self-Compassion
With mindfulness practice, we can learn how to unhook from rumination and increase clarity and ease of being by cutting ourselves (and our kids) some slack. Read More 
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Loving-kindness and compassion practices train you to extend warmth and care - first to yourself, then to others. These meditations can shift how you relate to difficult emotions, tough relationships, and your own inner critic.
Depression & Grief
How to be More Aware of Emotional Bypassing
It makes sense that we want to distance ourselves from pain, but true wellness means learning to sit with our shadows as well as the light so we can be truly present and embrace the fullness of being human. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How to Be Kind to Your Inner Critic
On World Kindness Day, remember to give yourself kindness, too. Here are three practices to connect with self-compassion and soothe your inner critic. Read More
Learn
We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help.
By engaging in practices that increase awareness, focus on our similarities, and develop care and kindness, writes Mind & Life Institute Science Director Wendy Hasenkamp, we might also be loosening the hold of implicit bias. Read More
Depression & Grief
Using Self-Compassion to Help With Recurring Depression
Recurring depression is a challenge for many people. New research shows that a mindfulness-based therapy for depression may help with low mood, by explicitly focusing on self-compassion. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Giving and Receiving with an Open Heart
When we open our hearts and minds to those around us, we can explore ways to express compassion. Read More
Books & Reviews
Boost Your Self-Care with These New Books and Podcasts
From eating mindfully to discovering your inner power, here are five new books and three podcasts the Mindful editors recommend. Read More
Guided Meditations
A 12-Minute Meditation to Foster Compassion
In this guided meditation from Tara Brach, we investigate a relationship where there is tension or conflict. With compassion for ourselves and for the other person, we can go beyond the difficulty and find healing. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How Mindfulness Can Give Us the Courage to Examine Bias
Mindfulness can help us tap into the courage and compassion necessary to recognize our own prejudices and sit with them long enough to find a thoughtful way forward. Read More
Digital Guides
Mindfully Working with Bias with Rhonda Magee
In this 4-part series, you’ll examine the quality of heart you bring to your practice, bring mindfulness to your embodied self, and create the space and inner support to work with difficult emotions. Read More
