Guided Meditations
A Basic Meditation to Tame Your Inner Critic
An in-the-moment exercise for confronting the nagging voice in your head. 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.
Guided Meditations
A Meditation for Decentering Your “Self” (And Why You Should Do It)
When we realize that our “self” is really a process and not a fixed thing we can make space for less self-absorption and more compassion for others. Read More
Learn
How to Train the Compassionate Brain
Research finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic. Read More
Focus & Attention
Has Mindfulness Become Too Self-Involved?
Mindfulness isn’t all about self-improvement—It’s about remembering we’re all connected. Here are 10 ways to put compassion in action in your community. Read More
Learn
What the Brains of Selfless People Teach Us About Empathy
Why do some people put their lives at risk for the sake of strangers? Research is revealing the limits of empathy and uncovering the traits that lead to extreme altruism. Read More
Expert Interviews
How Mindfulness Can Help us Talk About the Things That Divide Us
Mindful editor-in-chief Barry Boyce talks with writer and editor Stephanie Domet about how mindfulness helps us deepen our caring not only for ourselves, but also for others, no matter how different from us they may seem. And, we meet the Mindful Vulgarian, and talk a little about MOMing, also known as Mouthing off Mindfully. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
A Loving-Kindness Practice to Foster Acceptance
We spend a lot of our time and energy wishing our lives were different or "better." Loving-kindness helps us accept ourselves exactly as we are. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How Mindful Communication Makes Us More Compassionate
By pausing to notice the way we respond to others, we can open ourselves up to more honest communication. Read More
Kids & Teens
How Parents’ Love Helps Kids Thrive
Researcher Barbara Fredrickson highlights exactly how positive emotions like love, joy, and gratitude help us grow and become better versions of ourselves. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Three Ways to Foster Self-Worth
When self-doubt takes over, we can begin to lose our sense of purpose and identity. Here’s how you can be more confident in the choices you make. Read More
