Calm
3 Ways to Improve Your Gut-Brain Connection (and Your Mood)
The next time you feel distracted, or your mind feels foggy, remember your mood is not all in your head—it's also impacted by your gut and your immune system. Read More 
Mindful Living Skills
Compassion
We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help.
By engaging in practices that increase awareness, focus on our similarities, and develop care and kindness, writes Mind & Life Institute Science Director Wendy Hasenkamp, we might also be loosening the hold of implicit bias. Read More
Anxiety
Helping Kids Connect Through Face Masks at School
Wearing masks and social distancing makes it harder for kids to connect with one another at school. Here’s how mindfulness director Adam Ortman is helping by incorporating more playfulness in the curriculum. Read More
Calm
How to Make Gratitude a Daily Habit
It’s easy to focus on what we want rather than what we have. But when we shift our awareness to the present moment, we begin finding moments of gratitude in everyday life. Read More
Focus
Mindful Books and Podcasts to Curl Up With This Fall
As the weather changes, we’re spending a little less time outdoors and a little more time inside staying warm. Here are the Mindful editors’ recommendations for a cozy night in. Read More
Audio
Embracing the Gift of Being Alive with Rhonda Magee
Rhonda Magee sits down with Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet to talk about her work, how she navigates difficult emotions, and how love can carry us through. Read More
Focus
Navigating Change is Hard. Here’s How it Makes Us Better Leaders
Change isn’t always easy but, as Ryan Vaughn writes, when we stay comfortable, we are robbing ourselves of the transformation we say we want. Read More
Audio
Want to Eat Mindfully? Here are the BASICS
Looking to bring mindfulness to the dinner table? Lynn Rossy shares six steps to prime your mind for savoring your next bite—whether it's chicken nuggets or kale. Read More
Calm
Find Your Focus: Own Your Attention in 12 Minutes a Day
Our ability to pay attention is unreliable when we’re under stress. In her new book Peak Mind, neuroscientist Amishi Jha explores cutting-edge research on elite soldiers revealing how mindfulness training protects our attentional resources, even in the most high-stress scenarios imaginable. Read More
Anxiety
Using Self-Compassion to Help With Recurring Depression
Recurring depression is a challenge for many people. New research shows that a mindfulness-based therapy for depression may help with low mood, by explicitly focusing on self-compassion. Read More
