Expert Interviews

Conversations with the leading voices in mindfulness, meditation, psychology, and neuroscience. These interviews bring you insights, practical advice, and fresh perspectives from the people shaping the field.

Expert Interviews

What’s It Like to Take Google’s Mindfulness Training?

Mirabai Bush, co-developer of Google's Search Inside Yourself program, takes us through a day of Google's mindfulness training. Read More

Mirabai Bush
July 30, 2014

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Willoughby Britton: “The Messy Truth About Mindfulness”

"Confusion about mindfulness is warranted." Researcher and mindfulness practitioner Willoughby Britton discusses some of the excitement and pitfalls of mindfulness' rise to popularity. Read More

Stephany Tlalka
July 15, 2014

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Richie Davidson is Stalking the Meditating Brain

See current studies underway at Davidson's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds. Read More

Mindful Staff
June 17, 2014

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Meditation Can Make Us 10% Happier

ABC News anchor Dan Harris talks about the mainstreaming of mindfulness. Read More

Mindful Staff
June 16, 2014

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“I Think I Kill Pleasure”: Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness and Awareness

In this animated interview, Hoffman reflects on his children, happiness, and life and death. Read More

Mindful Staff
June 4, 2014

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MindfulDirect Video Preview

Google’s Bill Duane talks to MindfulDirect about how meditation helped him with life challenges we all face. Read More

James Gimian
April 25, 2014

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john powell’s Affirmative Mindfulness

To counter our tendency to segregate, powell looks at how mindfulness can help us overcome fears of others and the anger and racism they generate. Read More