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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.
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Magazine
The Five Rules for Self-Care 

Being whole and meeting our own emotional and physical needs first, is the only way we will build the world we want to see in the future. Read More 

  • Shelly Tygielski
  • January 9, 2019
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Creativity
Revealing Your Purpose 

From discovering ballet at age 51 to quitting an office job to become a deep-sea diver, Mindful readers share how they create a meaningful life. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • December 18, 2018
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Magazine
Let Go Of Your Labels: A Mindful Practice 

When we become too certain or fixed upon any given label, we restrict our chance to experience life’s vast array of surprises and opportunities. Here’s how we can take the tiny boxes we place ourselves in a little less seriously. Read More 

  • Elaine Smookler
  • November 12, 2018
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Depression & Grief
How to Boldly Move On 

Star Trek fans know Deep Space Nine actor Nana Visitor as the officer who suffered personal trauma on her home planet Bajor. When that narrative played out in her own life during the show’s filming, she turned to mindfulness. Read More 

  • Tony Stultz
  • October 23, 2018
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Magazine
Make It Meaningful 

Living a life of purpose might be the ideal, but how to do it isn't always clear. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 23, 2018
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