Health

Explore the link between mindfulness and health. Articles, tips, and exercises aimed at improving your mental and physical well-being

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Focus
You Can Innovate While You Meditate 

Thoughts are not your enemy while you meditate. Some of our best ideas can make themselves known when you take time to pause and notice them—the trick is not to court them. Read More 

  • Steven Hickman
  • November 9, 2016
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Anxiety
The Now Addiction 

Proponents of mindfulness meditation repeatedly celebrate living in the now, but being able to forestall gratification to a future time can also be a key element of mindfulness. Read More 

  • Sharon Begley
  • November 8, 2016
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Calm
How to Practice Relationship Building 

We don’t meditate to become better meditators. We meditate so we can bring mindfulness out into the real world, and thrive in our interactions with others. Read More 

  • Diana Winston
  • November 3, 2016
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Compassion
The Amazing, Tumultuous, Wild, Wonderful, Teenage Brain 

“What’s going on in that head of yours?” How many adults have asked an adolescent some form of that question? In his book, Brainstorm, a New York Times bestseller, Dr. Dan Siegel decided to go a step further and actually answer that question. The results are surprising—and very exciting. Read More 

  • Daniel Siegel
  • October 31, 2016
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