Expert Interviews
Can We Have Compassionate Tech?
Aden Van Noppen, founder of compassionate tech company Mobius, answers our questions about how technology hijacks attention and how we can foster a healthier relationship with our screens. 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.
Breathing Meditations
A 12-Minute Breathing Meditation to Cultivate Attention
A basic mindfulness practice for creating more harmonious circumstances for ourselves, and for others, raising our awareness and stirring our curiosity. Read More
Breathing Meditations
A Breathing Meditation to Gently Bring Your Attention Back with Awareness
Renda Dionne Madrigal shares a breathing meditation to cultivate stillness so you can gain more clarity and strengthen your inner compass. Read More
Focus & Attention
A Mindfulness Practice for Changing Your Relationship to Thoughts
Thoughts (including the menacing and intrusive ones) are not facts. Here we learn to work with our thoughts in a kind way, without letting them overwhelm us. Read More
Focus & Attention
Why the Best Leaders Get Quiet
Rarely do we envision a silent leader. But one of the most valuable qualities in leadership is the ability to listen with respect and presence. Read More
Focus & Attention
A 12-Minute Nature Meditation for Being in the Moment
Notice the ebb and flow of sounds in nature as you become present with the whole range of sounds you’re experiencing. Read More
Focus & Attention
Why the Ego Is an Obstacle to Mindful Leadership
Offering our full attention with those we lead is key to effective listening and communication in the workplace. Here’s how the inner “me voice” of ego can get in the way, and a simple way to practice leading with presence. Read More
Focus & Attention
How Mindfulness Can Help Teens With Tech Addiction
Mindfulness teachers in schools are using self-compassion and awareness practices to help students use tech more intentionally. Read More
Creativity
Mindful Writing: A creative practice to nourish attention and well-being
Stephanie Domet, award-winning author and managing editor for Mindful, shares practical guidance, practices, and prompts to strengthen your existing writing practice, or discover a new creative outlet. Read More
Focus & Attention
A 12-Minute Loving-Kindness Practice to Cultivate Curiosity
Our curiosity practice can start with the simplest tools we have at hand—our breath, our body, and our awareness. Read More
