Depression & Grief
How Mindfulness May Change the Brain in Depressed Patients
Harvard researchers use brain scans to explore how 8-weeks of training in present-moment awareness might break the cycle of self-rumination. Read More 
Depression & Grief
Mindfulness won't make grief or depression disappear - but it can change how you carry them. These articles and practices offer gentle, grounded approaches to sitting with difficult emotions without being consumed by them.
Depression & Grief
A Meditation on Working with Anxiety
This meditation combines breath awareness, the body scan, and mindfulness of thoughts to explore sources of stress and anxiety. Read More
Depression & Grief
The Tyranny of Relentless Positivity
When we ignore difficult emotions, they end up controlling us. Here's how embracing emotional agility allows us to deal with the world as it is. Read More
Depression & Grief
Go Toward What Hurts
Frank Ostaseski shares experiences from his decades working with dying people and those who are dealing with the death of loved ones. Read More
Depression & Grief
Two Ways Forgiveness Helps You Through Tough Times
Why the best way to recover might be to let go. Read More
Depression & Grief
5 Ways Sadness is Good for You
Scientists are finding out how sadness works in the brain—and they're discovering that it can confer important advantages. Read More
Depression & Grief
The Upside of Sadness
It’s never fun, but over the course of a lifetime, sadness visits us all. What if instead of resisting, you could welcome it in and listen to what it has to say? Read More
Depression & Grief
Why We’re Hardwired to Armor Our Hearts
Keeping a distance shields us from the pain we've already experienced and future wounds. But it's only when we acknowledge pain and tend to it that we're able to open up—to others and ourselves. Read More
Depression & Grief
Is Mindfulness the Future of Therapy?
Fifteen years after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was introduced to the world, this groundbreaking treatment only reaches a small percentage of people suffering from depression. Two innovators want to change that. Read More
Depression & Grief
Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware: What I learned working in palliative care and how meditation saved me. Read More
