Books & Reviews
Mindful Reading Guide: Contemporary Authors to Deepen Your Practice
These contemporary authors explore the facets of mindfulness in their novels, essays, and poems, inviting readers to do the same. Read More 
Creativity
Mindfulness and creativity feed each other. When you quiet the mental noise, new ideas have room to surface. Explore how meditation and present-moment awareness can unlock creative flow in writing, art, music, and problem-solving.
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The Importance of Creative Expression and How to Get Started
In this excerpt from her upcoming book, psychologist Dr. Diana Hill explores why we hesitate to take creative leaps as adults—and what we can do to get unstuck and reclaim our creative courage. Read More
Creativity
How Creativity Gets Lost in Brainstorming and What to do instead
Columbia business professor, Bill Duggan, says creativity is most often lost to groupthink. True innovation requires thinking that happens when the brain isn’t being stimulated. Read More
Creativity
Try This Guided Meditation As a Mindful Writing Prompt
The invitation is to connect with your senses in a real or imagined setting. What do you hear? What do you smell? Note the emotional content of the space. And when you’re done, take what you learned to the page in whatever way suits you. Read More
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How Mindful Journaling Can Help Your Daily Practice
There’s a robust body of research that shows mindful journaling can be a powerful tool for insight, clarity, healing, and well-being. Here’s why you should try it (even if you don’t consider yourself a “writer”). Read More
Creativity
Free Yourself from Reader Ghosts for Deeper, More Mindful Writing
When we’re caught up in what an imagined audience will think about our writing, we are much less likely to actually write anything. Mindful writing teacher and former state poet laureate Alexandria Peary explores how we can (re)discover the joy of writing by freeing ourselves from the judgy reader ghosts in our mind. Read More
Books & Reviews
The Mindful Art of Foraging
Chelsea Fuss explores how the art of gathering wildflowers lets us embrace openness, presence, and imagination, all while feeling more at home in our corner of the world. Read More
Creativity
How Radical Self-Care Can Transform Company Culture
Humanizing the workplace is a powerful antidote to stress and alienation—especially in the age of hybridization. Creativity can flourish when we prioritize our mental well-being and choose to be vulnerable about our struggles—and it starts with industry leaders. Read More
Creativity
7 Exercises to Help You Journal Your Way to Mindfulness
Not sure how to start a mindful writing or journaling practice? Here are seven expert-recommended writing tips to help you find yourself on the page and navigate life with greater clarity. Read More
Creativity
Getting Started with Mindful Writing
Mindful writing can lead you on the path of inner discovery. It can be the place where your experience meets your mindfulness practice, a place to encounter the twists and turns of your emotional life—and a bit of solid ground to stand on. Read More
