Anxiety
Three Ways Acceptance Helps You Work with Difficult Emotions
Welcoming and letting tough emotions be—instead of pushing them away—might be the key to riding out unpleasant experiences. Read More 
Difficult Experiences & Emotions
Anxiety
Face Fear and Keep Going
Fear, while critically necessary for life itself, can be horrifying and crippling. It can also eat away at us day in and day out. And yet, welcoming our fear turns out to be the best way to conquer it. Over and over again. Read More
Anxiety
Three Common Mind Traps That Sink Happiness
Some habitual ways of thinking can keep us stuck in a negative loop. Cultivating awareness of these "mind traps" can help you shift your attention. Read More
Anxiety
Mindfulness Changes How We Process Sadness
What brain science reveals about the different ways we experience emotions. Read More
Anxiety
How the Brain Can Change Your Experience of Pain
New research using mindfulness meditation suggests we can ease pain by the way we pay attention to it. Read More
Anxiety
Why So Curious?
Curiosity killed the cat. Or did it? Research suggests it keeps us—and other animals—sharp. Read More
Anxiety
Can Helping Others Keep You Sober?
New research suggests that helping others—and the sense of belonging it brings—can help alcohol and drug addicts stay sober. Read More
Anxiety
The 7 Drivers of Old Habits of Thinking
When it comes to negative experiences, we have habitual ways of responding to what triggers us. But we can learn to step out of and stay out of negative thought cycles. Read More
Anxiety
How to Practice Mindful Eating When You’re Anxious
When we're anxious, we tend to want to push negative feelings away. For some, this dynamic plays into a suppressed appetite. Mindfulness can help calm the brain and re-connect us with the body. Read More
Anxiety
The Joy of Missing Out
Why it's important to leave some space for being alone—and how our tech gadgets get in the way. Read More
