Stress & Anxiety

Stress and anxiety aren't going anywhere - but you can change how you respond to them. These practices and articles teach you to notice stress early, work with anxious thoughts, and find calm without checking out.
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Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Reboot Your Mood 

In a bad mood? Try performing an altruistic task, says psychologist Caroline Adams Miller. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • March 19, 2014
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Magazine
Can Mindfulness Help Inmates? 

Washington Post Magazine explores how mindfulness meditation is helping prisoners learn the connection between thoughts, feelings, impulses, and behaviours. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • February 28, 2014
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Expert Interviews
Why Sandra Oh Meditates 

Mindful spoke with the actor on how she started meditating and how it helps with stress in her professional and personal life. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • February 13, 2014
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Learn
“An Antidote For Mindlessness” in New Yorker Blog 

Can mindfulness training work as a protective factor against the typical stresses of life? The New Yorker blogs about the progression of mindfulness studies, and one researcher studying the lasting effects of mindfulness.  Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • January 31, 2014
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