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

Getting Started with Mindful Writing - Image of a close up hand writing in notebook
Calm
Getting Started with Mindful Writing 

Mindful writing can lead you on the path of inner discovery. It can be the place where your experience meets your mindfulness practice, a place to encounter the twists and turns of your emotional life—and a bit of solid ground to stand on. Read More 

  • Caren Osten Gerszberg
  • November 10, 2022
3 Mindful Apps for Genuine Connection - Illustration of a smartphone displaying social media notifications
Mental Health
3 Mindful Apps for Genuine Connection 

These new apps have wellness and inclusion woven into their development and aim to help us connect with others and with ourselves without sacrificing our privacy or principles. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • October 25, 2022
The Science of Wanting: Meditation and Dopamine
Focus
The Science of Wanting: How We Unhook from Dopamine 

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the brain that helps motivate us to fulfill our basic needs, but in our modern age of plenty, it can also lead to overindulgence and addiction. So how can we find balance and contentment in an age of instant gratification? Read More 

  • Katherine Ellison
  • September 22, 2022
Anxiety
How Practicing Loving-Kindness Helped Me Find My Place in the World 

For Jane Anne Staw, the war in Ukraine increased the anxiety she was already feeling, with climate change, mass shootings, political upheaval and COVID. A reminder about the power of loving-kindness meditation helped her find her footing—and her connection with the world at large. Read More 

  • Jane Anne Staw
  • September 20, 2022
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