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Mindful’s Top 12 Posts of 2016 

These 12 articles contain expert advice on how to work with your mind, understand your emotions, and practice being your authentic self. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • December 23, 2016
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Focus & Attention
How Your Attention Has Become the Biggest Commodity 

Our most scarce resource is under attack from advertisers flocking to digital spaces. Author Tim Wu makes the case for redirecting our attention and carefully curating where we let our minds wander to. Read More 

  • Stephany Tlalka
  • November 28, 2016
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Can We Crowdfund Kindness? 

Brooklyn-based start-up Kindness.org wants to community-source acts of kindness—like a Kickstarter for building a kinder world. Read More 

  • Stephany Tlalka
  • October 14, 2016
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Can You Build a City on Compassion? 

Greg fischer, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, is trying to prove that compassion can heal political paralysis. The cynics think he’s crazy. But what if he’s right? Read More 

  • Hugh Delehanty
  • October 8, 2016
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