Download the free Mindful App  ›

Focus & Attention

Distraction is the default setting for most of us. These articles and practices help you train your attention, stay present with what matters, and work with a wandering mind instead of fighting it.
Read more
A person meditates in a forest where envelopes and files hang like leaves, representing the practice of responding instead of reacting.
Focus & Attention
Increase Your Agency By Responding, Instead of Reacting 

Ever wonder why your emails tend to be better when you wait a little before replying? Choosing to take a pause before we act may sound simple, but it yields powerful results. Longtime mindfulness teacher and author Andrew Safer shares a few ways we can practice pausing, both at our job and everywhere in our life. Read More 

  • Andrew Safer
  • October 12, 2026
A woman stands still on a crosswalk, embracing tiny shifts as a blurred crowd rushes around her.
Body Scan
Elisha Goldstein on the Power of Tiny Shifts 

Clinical psychologist and author Elisha Goldstein shares the wisdom behind his new book, Tiny Shifts: You don't need to add complicated techniques to an already-busy life in order to experience change. You just need to meet your life, exactly as it is, in small but intentional ways. Read More 

  • Siri Myhrom
  • May 11, 2026
Ad for a mindfulness app with meditations, articles, and a section sidebar, shown on a phone held in hand.