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What is Your Phone Doing to Your Relationships?
New research is exploring how phubbing—ignoring someone in favor of our mobile phone—hurts our relationships, and what we can do about it. Read More 
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Go deeper into the science, research, and thinking behind mindfulness and meditation. Hear from leading experts, explore the latest studies, and find book recommendations to expand your practice and understanding.
Expert Interviews
A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer on how we can use mindfulness to harness the brain's habit-forming process to build more nourishing habits that aren't steered by cravings. Read More
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Train Your Brain to Tame Holiday Stress and Anxiety
You can shift from surviving to thriving by tapping into your brain’s learning systems and substituting mindful curiosity for worry, distraction, and comparison. Read More
Getting Started
Here’s What Mindfulness Is (and Isn’t) Good For
It won’t solve every problem. Read More
Books & Reviews
Let Go and Lean into Kindness with These Books and Podcasts
Musicians, journalists, and meditation teachers talk about finding resilience through connection, and building bridges in unlikely places. Read More
Books & Reviews
What Does Headspace Want?
Folding the goal-less nature of meditation into the culture of gamification surrounding apps, Headspace is "winning" on the mindfulness market. But has the app's recent redesign satisfied a larger user base at the expense of deeper convictions? Read More
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What the Science of Power Can Tell Us about Sexual Harassment
We need to take on the myths that sustain the abuses of power, argues Dacher Keltner. Read More
Breathing Meditations
Singer-Songwriter Jewel Shares Her Mindfulness Practices
Jewel shares two simple mindful breathing techniques for learning to observe your thoughts. Read More
Getting Started
Meditation’s Effects May Differ by Type of Practice
A new study explores how the type of meditation you practice could impact your brain in different ways, leading to varied social, cognitive, or behavioral effects. Read More
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When You Meditate, You Might Also Be Regulating Your Genes
Research is beginning to illuminate the intricate connection between chronic stress, inflammation, DNA, and mindfulness practice. Read More
