Anxiety
The Science of Trauma, Mindfulness, and PTSD
How the brain responds to traumatic events, and what science says about how mindfulness meditation helps people process trauma and decrease suffering.
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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
Calm
How to Curb Self-Defeating Habits
Explore these five mindfulness practices to help you uncover and untangle from the feedback loop of negative thought patterns.
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Anxiety
Learning to Meditate Through Difficulty
Mindfulness teacher Ed Halliwell shares how he came to meditation after coping with anxiety and depression.
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Kids and Teens
How Mindful Parenting Differs From Just Being Mindful
According to new research, children who experience mindful parenting are less likely to use drugs or get depression or anxiety.
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Calm
Driving to Distraction
At any given daylight moment, as many as 660,000 American drivers are using electronic devices. Twenty-three percent of all auto collisions involve mobile phones. Distracted drivers not only make for frightening statistics, author Jeff Greenwald asserts that they have become the mindful driving challenge du jour: How to cope with drivers so mindless that they are willing to put their lives—and others—at risk.
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Calm
Touch the One You Love
The research is conclusive: Physical contact is good for both mind and body.
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Calm
What Mindfulness Is Missing
According to neurosurgeon Jim Doty, mindfulness and compassion must go hand in hand.
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Calm
A Simple Story Can Improve Students’ Grades in Science
According to a new study, reading about scientists’ struggles can help students who aren’t doing so well in science.
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Anxiety
The Three-Minute Breathing Space Practice
We explore the origins of one of the most durable mindfulness practices — Plus offer a guided meditation practice.
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Calm
The Simple Joy of Writing by Hand
Coloring for relaxation is all the rage now. Handwriting can provide the same reward, and stimulate the brain in ways that typing simply does not. It can also be a meditative practice.
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