Anxiety
The Mindful Approach to Those Very Real Butterflies in Your Stomach
It might not be possible to heal some gut disorders without first considering the impact of stress and our emotions.
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Difficult Experiences & Emotions
Anxiety
How Mindfulness Stops You from Being a Slave to Your Bad Habits
Three ways mindfulness can prime the brain for healthier habits.
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Anxiety
The Upside of Sadness
It’s never fun, but over the course of a lifetime, sadness visits us all. What if instead of resisting, you could welcome it in and listen to what it has to say?
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Anxiety
How to Be Mindful When You’re Anxious
In small doses, anxiety can put us in touch with what we need most. The problem arises when anxiety overwhelms and blocks us.
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Anxiety
This is Your Anxious Brain on Meditation
Mindfulness asks us to simply notice the storylines we create in our minds without trying to change them. Meditation gives us the space to choose not to react to those things that trigger our anxiety.
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Anxiety
When Meditation Feels Too Painful
Being in a lot of pain is not a mark of doing it right.
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Anxiety
How to Stop Your Stories From Running Your Life
Research shows us that we not only have the capacity to pay attention to and stop the chatter of our stories, but we can also reduce our stress, rewire our brains, and reinvent our relationships by responding to them differently.
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Anxiety
When Avoidance Rules Your Life
Though we often equate compulsions and addictions, researchers are now drawing a sharp distinction between these two behaviors—one is about avoiding and the other about seeking.
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Anxiety
How Mindfulness Helps You Cultivate a Teflon Mind
Sometimes negative thoughts and feelings need to roll off of us.
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Anxiety
Present-Moment Awareness Buffers the Effects of Daily Stress
New research shows that present-moment awareness, a key feature of mindfulness, increases stress resilience and well-being.
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