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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
How Grassroots Mindfulness Fuels Mental Health Support 

To make mindfulness accessible, you need to go into communities that aren't attending the conventional mindfulness classes. Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce visits the Centre for Mindful Studies in Toronto where frontline workers train clients in mindfulness. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • April 5, 2018
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Magazine
Constant Craving 

Habits help us to survive. But they can also cause us to crave what’s unhealthy. Read More 

  • Judson Brewer
  • April 1, 2018
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Learn
When Mindfulness and Racism Intersect 

Point of View Podcast Episode 7: Exploring how we’re missing out on the joys of our rich human community, and how mindfulness can help us dismantle the subtle patterns and habits that separate us from each other. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • March 21, 2018
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Depression & Grief
The Tyranny of Relentless Positivity 

When we ignore difficult emotions, they end up controlling us. Here's how embracing emotional agility allows us to deal with the world as it is. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • February 2, 2018
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