Depression & Grief
Healing in the Deep Ocean of Grief
Grief can hold our heads beneath the waves, but, as Bryan Welch writes, its tides can also open us to compassion for ourselves and others, showing us the value of a broken heart. Read More 
Personal Essays
First-person stories about what mindfulness looks like in real, messy, everyday life. These essays are honest, personal, and often funny - written by people who've found that paying attention changes everything.
Creativity
How Sewing My Own Clothes Helped Me Love Myself
Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet on how to align with your values, love yourself more, and have a truly intentional wardrobe, just by taking fashion into your own hands. Read More
Magazine
There is a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In
Mindful’s editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock on remembering that there’s joy, love, and abundance to be found even in our brokenness, simply because we’re alive. Read More
Magazine
What Does It Mean to be Authentic?
How each of us lives authentically is as unique as our fingerprints. Here’s what it means for Mindful readers. Read More
Magazine
Becoming More Curious and Less Critical
Meditation practice isn’t about transformation. It’s about learning how to get to know our lives more intimately and compassionately. Read More
Magazine
Reclaim Your Morning With Soothing Sounds
Are the first sounds of your day setting you up for serenity, or foretelling frustration? Lauren Knight describes her experiment with fine-tuning her morning alarm
sound. Read More
Magazine
Cultivating Fierce Open Receptivity
Being receptive to all parts of life—good, bad, neutral—introduces more choice into our lives. When we welcome everything we are less likely to rush to judgement and more likely to be informed by life. Read More
Magazine
When the Ego Hijacks Mindfulness
It’s easy to find yourself thinking about being mindful rather than being mindful. Simply refocus, return to the present, and smile. Read More
Focus & Attention
How Are You Seeing The World?
The art of unhooking from your stories allows you to see what’s in front of you rather than seeing what you’re looking to see. Read More
Magazine
What Happened When I Leaned In to My Fear of Not Achieving
Ryan Vaughn explores how confronting the feeling of not being good enough allowed him to slow down and recognize fear-based reactions for what they were—a series of bodily sensations, combined with a reflexive urge to achieve. Read More
