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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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Magazine
Why We Need New Ways of Thinking 

The same old ways of thinking get the same old result. Barry Boyce profiles a few visionary professionals who are carving out a new way of seeing and working in the world. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • August 26, 2010
Deep Listening
Expert Interviews
Deep Listening 

To really listen to others, say David Rome and Hope Martin, we must first learn to listen to ourselves. They teach us three techniques for tuning in to body, speech, and mind. Read More 

  • David Rome
  • August 26, 2010
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Focus & Attention
Please Help Me Learn Who I Am 

Barry Boyce reports on how contemplation can not only improve grades and decision-making skills, but also transform our system of education. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 25, 2010
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Expert Interviews
Making the Right Choice 

Daniel Goleman, author of the best seller Emotional Intelligence, says the key to becoming a socially engaged consumer is being mindful at the moment when you're deciding whether to buy something. Knowing the full range of a product’s impacts is one of the best things you can do for yourselves and the Earth. Read More 

  • Daniel Goleman
  • August 25, 2010
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Magazine
Only the Lonely 

When Meg Federico helped start up a program for lonely older people and their caregivers, she didn’t know what she was getting into: a goofy, loving atmosphere where people come to life and living in the present is the only option. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 25, 2010
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Magazine
Using the Energy of Anger 

“Why is it so hard to awaken?” asks Ezra Bayda, author of At Home in the Muddy Water: A Guide to Finding Peace within Everyday Chaos. “In part it’s because the life force, or energy, necessary to awaken is leaking away from morning until night.” Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 25, 2010
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Magazine
Can I Be Honest with You? 

Telling the truth requires that you know the truth. Mindfulness meditation, says Cyndi Lee, helps us see the ways we deceive others—and ourselves.  Read More 

  • Cyndi Lee
  • August 25, 2010
A group of four airplane passengers, each in their respective seats: Seat 12-F, an elderly man appreciating the beauty seen with age; Seat 5-B, a young woman learning to trust her instincts while traveling; Seat 42-C, a man whose children changed his worldview; and Seat 17-A, a woman mourning but gradually finding each day a bit easier.
Magazine
Wisdom in the Next Seat 

A chance meeting on a plane reminds Sylvia Boorstein that striking up a conversation with a stranger and being truly interested in what they say can lead to unexpected insights. Read More 

  • Sylvia Boorstein
  • August 25, 2010
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