Calm
A Basic Meditation to Train Awareness
We can train our brains to notice our mental habits. Try this five-minute mindfulness meditation for building awareness of thoughts, nonjudgmentally.
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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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5 Ways to Increase Resilience, Wisdom, and Well-Being
Extending ourselves beyond what is familiar by relating to people who are older than us can offer meaningful life lessons and character strengths.
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Why We Shouldn’t Sanitize Halloween
One mindful parent’s attempt to balance the lure of gore and guts with her children’s need to experiment safely with fear.
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Three Tips for Raising Resilient Teens
The teen years are tumultuous, but as adolescents test boundaries and become a bit defiant, it also lays the groundwork for a sense of purpose and individuality. Here's how parents can help teens thrive.
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Kids and Teens
How to Awaken Joy in Kids
By teaching children mindfulness skills we help them increase their well-being and enable them to meet the stresses of the world with presence, self-compassion, and openness.
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Anxiety
Mental Meteorology: How Noticing Your Thoughts Leads to Healthier Habits of Mind
Our mental habits can be both useful and far from useful—to start sorting out the difference we first have to notice them.
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Audio
Can We Crowdfund Kindness?
Brooklyn-based start-up Kindness.org wants to community-source acts of kindness—like a Kickstarter for building a kinder world.
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Audio
Body Scan for Kids
An 11-minute body scan for children to help bring calmness, attention, and appreciation to hectic daytime routines and marathon bedtime rituals.
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How to Break a Bad Habit (Faster Than You Can Take a Selfie)
Bad habits originate from one place: our thinking. That's why it helps to get to know your brain. Mindfulness helps you get familiar with the well-worn grooves of your desires—from there, you can start to work with your urges.
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Work
Using Mindfulness to Jumpstart Creativity at Work
Research suggests people are more open to original ideas after just a brief meditation practice.
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