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.
A woman sitting in the park smelling a flower; mental health and resilience
Expert Interviews
Q&A: How Connecting With Our Senses Helps Us Get Unstuck 

Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce sits down with Norman Farb and Zindel Segal to talk about their new book Better In Every Sense and how reconnecting with our senses can help get us unstuck and establish new patterns. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce, Zindel Segal, and Norman Farb
  • May 30, 2024
full attention
Focus & Attention
How to Give Your Full Attention 

By practicing self-awareness, you can listen with greater care—not only to words, but also to the emotion and meaning that's being expressed. Read More 

  • Laurie J. Cameron
  • May 17, 2024
Hands of diversified people,racism,interconnectedness
Focus & Attention
A 12-Minute Meditation for Learning About Our Biases 

This guided meditation is a mindful journey of introspection and forgiveness. Tovi Scruggs-Hussein guides us to reflect on ingrained prejudices and the impact they have on our interactions and societal structures. Read More 

  • Tovi Scruggs-Hussein
  • May 16, 2024
Ad for a mindfulness app with meditations, articles, and a section sidebar, shown on a phone held in hand.