Work & Career

You spend a huge chunk of your life working. Mindfulness can make that time more focused, less draining, and more meaningful - whether you're dealing with a difficult boss, a packed calendar, or a career crossroads.
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Magazine
How Grassroots Mindfulness Fuels Mental Health Support 

To make mindfulness accessible, you need to go into communities that aren't attending the conventional mindfulness classes. Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce visits the Centre for Mindful Studies in Toronto where frontline workers train clients in mindfulness. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • April 5, 2018
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Mindfulness For
Four Self-Care Habits to Practice at Work 

We are our own worst critic — and it could be holding us back in the workplace. Here are four ways to stop being so hard on ourselves and use simple moments during the day to wind down when we feel overwhelmed. Read More 

  • Leah Weiss
  • April 3, 2018
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Expert Interviews
Mindful by Design 

Irene Au is a digital designer who has spent more than two decades bringing empathy to the internet. Read More 

  • Victoria Dawson
  • April 1, 2018
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Learn
The Medicine of the Moment 

The simple practice of paying attention is making inroads in medicine through habit change, stress reduction, self-care, and decreasing physician burnout. Read More 

  • Peter Jaret
  • March 19, 2018
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Mindfulness For
Finding Purpose on the Job 

One person's day job is another's calling — Research suggests disposition and personality do play a huge role in how we experience our work. Here are 8 tips for building a sense of purpose by weaving everyday actions into the big picture. Read More 

  • Leah Weiss
  • March 1, 2018
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Creativity
The Key to Lasting Change? Get Creative 

Not the markers and paper kind of creativity—but that doesn't hurt either. When we visualize how one shift, like a new job or promotion, actually reverberates through all areas of our lives, it sparks the real change agents: passion and intention. Read More 

  • Hugh Delehanty
  • January 16, 2018
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