Focus & Attention
Beware Your Biased Brain
Our brain can move very fast, and that can be a real problem. The tendency to make split-second assessments of people can lead to disastrous outcomes. Read More 
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.
Focus & Attention
Being Critical is Not the Same as Being Aware
When we let our inner critic take a back seat at work, we can observe more dispassionately, which opens up more possibilities for decision-making and leadership. Read More
Focus & Attention
Two Simple Mindfulness Practices For Back-To-School
Teachers and parents can help kids regulate, shift, and stabilize their energy and mood, allowing for a little more silence and a little more focus. Read More
Expert Interviews
Jim Gaffigan: Why You Need Self-Awareness in Comedy and in Life
From the stage to a coffee date, self-awareness is the key to engaging the person across from you. Read More
Breathing Meditations
A Meditation for Exploring Your Wandering Mind
Mind wandering—thoughts, planning, daydreams—is simply what minds do. Here’s how to accept your wandering mind, rather than treat it like a mistake or a failure. Read More
Breathing Meditations
How to Cultivate Curiosity in Your Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness is disruptive, says Patricia Rockman, because it changes how we pay attention to things, and ultimately, our experience of the world. Here are mindfulness techniques that can help you shift your focus. Read More
Focus & Attention
Why We Should Celebrate Performance at the Rio Olympics—Not Just Results
If coaches get athletes to tie their self-worth to winning, it makes the transition out of Olympic sport all the more difficult. Instead, the outlook needs to shift to coaching the whole person. Read More
Expert Interviews
Tune In, Turn On
Can a profoundly deaf musician teach us to listen better? Katherine Ellison talks to percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who wants us to wake up to the soundscape that is always around us. Read More
Focus & Attention
Just 6 Seconds of Mindfulness Can Make You a More Effective Leader
All you need is a single breath. Read More
Focus & Attention
Brain Overload
Restless, impulsive, distracted, forgetful: we all experience those things. But for 16 million Americans, this cocktail of brain struggles can do real harm. What is ADHD? Do you have it? What can be done? Read More
