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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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
How to Grow From Your Regrets 

Avoiding or ruminating on our regrets can ultimately make them more harmful and stop us from learning from them. The key, writes Diana Hill, is to turn to our regrets with compassion. Read More 

  • Diana Hill
  • April 3, 2024
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Mindfulness for Racial Healing 

Mindfulness can serve as the foundation for powerful conversations, transformational growth, and self-awareness when it comes to race and racism. Read More 

  • Tovi Scruggs-Hussein
  • February 15, 2024
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Learn
How Non-Attachment Can Help Us Succeed 

When we’re attached to a specific outcome, ideal, or metric, we limit our ability to see the big picture. Try these six science-backed ways to open up to more clarity and self-compassion. Read More 

  • Diana Hill
  • August 30, 2023
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Magazine
Letting Go of the Need to Win 

When we embrace the fact that failure is a natural part of being human, we may stumble onto a sense of simple joy that is the pinnacle of achievement. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • July 4, 2023
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