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Mindful 15 Years, Est. 2011

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
Game Face On 

Hockey enthusiast Geoff Eaton faces-off against leukemia – and plays the game of his life. Read Geoff's story in The Healing Circle, by Rob Rutledge and Timothy Walker. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • February 7, 2011
Magazine
Learning to Make Peace 

On Wednesday, February 2, the dynamic and innovative mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker, announced the Newark Peace Education Summit: The Power of Nonviolence. The Dalai Lama will join Mayor Booker and other activists and experts on May 13-15 to share stories of challenge and success in the… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • February 4, 2011
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Magazine
Inner Peace is an Onion 

Journalist Jenn Director Knudsen researches how to peel back the layers to find the mind-body connection. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • January 20, 2011
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Depression & Grief
A Wound of Great Magnitude 

This excerpt from grief counselor Meg Spinella on the Tuscon shootings sheds light on the losses in Newtown.  Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • January 18, 2011
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Magazine
The Magic of Mindfulness 

Health writer Ed Halliwell explains that mindfulness can help improve our mental and physical well-being, if we don’t sabotage the practice… Read More 

  • Ed Halliwell
  • November 30, 2010
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Depression & Grief
Rebirth 

After experiencing a painful break-up, Misha Becker discovers that in every moment is a death and a rebirth. In the gap is the opportunity for healing and a fresh start. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 31, 2010
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Depression & Grief
Death Don’t Have No Mercy: A Memoir of a Mother’s Death 

When the time comes is it possible to override the instinct to hold on? Mariana Caplan chronicles the intimate and universal experience of her mother’s death, recounting the resistance, the acceptance, and the many unplanned feelings in between.   Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 31, 2010
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