Creativity
Revealing Your Purpose
From discovering ballet at age 51 to quitting an office job to become a deep-sea diver, Mindful readers share how they create a meaningful life. 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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How Does Building Useless Things Spark Joy?
Simone Giertz invents useless robots. In her Ted Talk, she shares three lessons on finding joy in failing on purpose. Read More
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To Be Happy, Fail and Try Again
Actor Nick Offerman gave up perfection in favor of "halfway decent": leaning into the mistakes you make in pursuit of a discipline or craft that makes you happy. Read More
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Good Vibrations
Alexander deVaron teaches music theory and composition at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia. Read More
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Mindful Healing Through Storytelling
In the Native American tradition, stories are medicine. "In a mindfulness setting, storytelling helps people connect with their intuition," says Renda Dionne, clinical psychologist and mindfulness curriculum developer. Read More
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Is Your Life Designed for You?
Waiting and hoping for a “perfect” opportunity won’t get you any closer to the life you want. According to two renegade designers, you already have the tools to create that life—from wherever you are right now. Read More
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The Key to Lasting Change? Get Creative
Not the markers and paper kind of creativity—but that doesn't hurt either. When we visualize how one shift, like a new job or promotion, actually reverberates through all areas of our lives, it sparks the real change agents: passion and intention. Read More
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4 Reasons to Try Mindful Singing
Synchronizing body, speech, mind, and breath allows you to be completely in the moment, says Temple University professor Alexander deVaron. Read More
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Are We Becoming Smart Fools?
IQ points keep rising with each generation, but the tests are leaving out emotional intelligence, creativity, and wisdom—the very traits we need to solve our most pressing problems. Read More
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The Brain Goes into “Repair Mode” When People Think We’re Not Competent
What if we rethought the drive to succeed, to be competent, as a basic need for our brains? Dr. Michael Gervais speaks with psychologist and science writer Scott Barry Kaufman on what drives creative—and possibly intellectual—leaps. Read More
