Relationships

Every relationship you have - romantic, family, friendships, colleagues - is shaped by how present you are in it. Learn how mindfulness practices can improve communication, deepen connection, and help you navigate conflict.
Shadow of a person reaching toward an orange swirl on a speckled blue-gray background. Teacher Juliana Sloane explores how imagination is essential for healing.
Expert Interviews

When Insight Isn’t Enough: An Interview with Juliana Sloane on Imagination, Hypnotherapy, and Deeper Transformation 

What happens when certain habits of mind remain stubbornly in place, even after years of meditation practice? Mindful contributor Angela Stubbs sits down to an interview with meditation teacher and hypnotherapist Juliana Sloane to discuss the limits of mental understanding—and what techniques can be helpful in forging new neuropathways. Read More

  • Angela Stubbs
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Magazine
Finding Your People 

While contemplative and mindfulness practices are often seen as solitary pursuits, Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce offers a case for why our search for peace and freedom is a group effort. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • December 19, 2025
embrace deeper confidence and self-compassion—through extending a friendly invitation
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
The Reluctant Host: How I Left Loneliness By Inviting People In 

Navigating life can be an intensely lonely experience—but sometimes the world is just waiting for you to invite it in. We can not only learn to host a bigger, more connected community, but we can also embrace deeper confidence and self-compassion—through extending a friendly invitation. Read More 

  • Sharon Ross
  • December 17, 2025
What happens when one person in a partnership goes on a journey of personal growth…and the other doesn’t?
Magazine
Growing (Apart) 

What happens when one person in a partnership goes on a journey of personal growth…and the other doesn’t? Read More 

  • Jessie Harrold
  • December 17, 2025
jealous woman
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
The Mind-Traps that Lead to Toxic Jealousy 

Jealousy becomes problematic when it arises in imagined scenarios, which can cause us to make three major “cognitive mistakes” that lead us to misinterpret the truth. Read More 

  • Nicole Bayes-Fleming
  • November 22, 2025
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