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Mindfulness isn't just something you do on the cushion. Learn how to bring present-moment awareness into every part of your life - from managing stress and improving sleep to strengthening relationships and finding focus at work.
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How to harness willpower 

In this podcast, Kelly McGonigal, Mindful.org blogger and author of The Willpower Instinct, talks about strengthening willpower, especially when dealing with bad habits and distractions. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • April 25, 2012
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Focus & Attention
Micro-meditation becoming popular 

Incorporating "micro-meditations" throughout the day can help you manage stress, train your brain to be more attentive, and, perhaps most compellingly, help you not miss out on your life, according to a recent article in The Globe and Mail. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • April 23, 2012
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Magazine
The Titanic: A terrible wake-up call 

"The anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is a good time to be reminded of the only place we can turn to manage the uncertainty and existential storms swirling around us and thereby make better informed decisions; through turning within." —Levi Ben-Schmuel Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • April 11, 2012
Magazine
WSJ: Business schools embrace mindfulness 

A recent Wall Street Journal article points to the growing use of mindfulness instruction in business schools, partly in response to the practice's recent popularity in the corporate world. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • April 4, 2012
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Mindfulness For
Reconnect as a family 

Family life can be very, very busy. Here, Susan Kaiser Greenland suggests ways in which we might reconnect with our loved ones and the world around us. Read More 

  • Line Goguen-Hughes
  • April 4, 2012
Expert Interviews
Parker Palmer on Contemplative Leadership 

Mindful publisher Jim Gimian and I were recently invited to take part in a special gathering of a group of people doing work in contemplative leadership that convenes periodically at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The group was the brainchild of Arthur Zajonc of the Center for Contemplative Mind… Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • March 30, 2012
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