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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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Getting Started
Is Meditation Self-help? 

"Self-help" can easily take us into a spiral of self-defeat. Meditation unravels that entire approach—to our great relief. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • December 29, 2015
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Guided Meditations
Meditate With Intention, Not Goals 

It's only when we meditate for its own sake—rather than trying to get something from it—that we find the results we're after, says Ed Halliwell.  Read More 

  • Ed Halliwell
  • December 15, 2015
a meditation on violence
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
A Meditation on Violence 

In the aftermath of so many mass shootings, there are practical political and social things we can do. But what do we do with what's going on in our hearts? Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • December 3, 2015
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