Physical Health & Pain

Your mind and body aren't separate systems - what happens in one affects the other. Explore how mindfulness and meditation can help with chronic pain, illness, recovery, and overall physical well-being.

Eating & Body Image

Mindful Eating for a Healthier Brain-Gut Connection

It might be impossible to heal a distressed gut without considering the impact of stress and emotion. Read More

Jennifer Wolkin
August 27, 2015

Mindfulness For

In Pain? Try This Mindfulness Exercise

Unexamined pain often feels like it’s unchanging or always present. Prove that wrong by paying attention. Read More

Christiane Wolf
August 27, 2015

Learn

Meet Your Second Brain: The Gut

How what's going on in your gut could be affecting your brain. Read More

Jennifer Wolkin
August 14, 2015

Learn

What Five Minutes of Silence Can Do for Your Brain

The benefits of taking time out of the day to focus on well-being and lowering stress levels. Read More

Elisha Goldstein
August 11, 2015

Magazine

Healing Waters

War veterans—who’ve seen more pain and devastation than most will see in a lifetime—struggle to find peace, and ways to fit back in and contribute all they have to offer. Three days on a roiling river bring them a step closer to feeling good in their own skin again. Read More

Katherine Ellison
August 10, 2015

Learn

Laugh Your Way to Better Health

Science is beginning to show how laughter benefits our mental and physical health. Researcher Emma Seppälä outlines some key benefits, and Mindful suggests tips for getting your "LOL" on. Read More

Mindful Staff
May 15, 2015

Eating & Body Image

Finding Fullness: Simple Suggestions for Mindful Eating

Mindful eating is about enjoying more—not resisting or restricting. Megrette Fletcher explores the line between satisfying hunger and finding fullness. Read More