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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.
Creativity
How Creativity Frees the Mind 

Hugh Delehanty embarks on a creativity and mindfulness retreat, where he discovers that the key to being creative is to strip away all but the essentials of who and what you are. Read More 

  • Hugh Delehanty
  • July 12, 2017
watercolor of snowy mountains with footprints in snow. go toward what hurts
Depression & Grief
Go Toward What Hurts 

Frank Ostaseski shares experiences from his decades working with dying people and those who are dealing with the death of loved ones. Read More 

  • Frank Ostaseski
  • July 5, 2017
artichoke on a table with other vegtables. a tender heart
Eating & Body Image
A Tender Heart 

Béatrice Peltre takes a moment to appreciate one of her favorite vegetables: the artichoke. Read More 

  • Béatrice Peltre
  • June 1, 2017
Illustration of woman meditating, but she's made of neon lines
Magazine
Confessions of an Anxious Meditator 

The poster-child picture of the meditator is often someone with a blissed-out beatific smile, looking as if they are about to float into space. In fact, meditation puts us in touch with the anxiety we all carry as living, breathing human beings. And that’s why it can be so helpful. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • May 17, 2017
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