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Is it Time to Unplug?
"So there I was driving," writes Elisha Goldstein, "only to look up and find that I was three exits past where I needed to get off. Talk about being on auto-pilot. Sound familiar?" Read More 
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Asthma Cases Up… Don’t Forget Meditation!
Asthma cases in the U.S. are on the rise, and mindfulness has been shown to help mitigate attacks. Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed new statistics indicating that nearly 1 in 12 Americans were diagnosed with asthma by 2009. The Vital Signs report found that people diagnosed with asthma in… Read More
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Happiness Tracking
Somerville officials want their city to be the first in the United States to systematically track people’s happiness. Like some European leaders, such as in Britain and France, for example, the officials say they want to move beyond the traditional measures of success (such as economic growth) to promote policies… Read More
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Wilderness Quests: Finding Your Next Path with Jim Marsden
Quest for Where to Go Next: A Wilderness-Based Path Through Change Jim Marsden leads transformative group “quests” in the wilderness, helping individuals and organizations navigate crises by tapping into the potent experiences of the natural world they first encountered as children. Barry Boyce reports on how these… Read More
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A Way of Seeing
Change the way you take pictures—and change the way you see the world, say Andy Karr and Michael Wood. Read More
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Working with #^&%! Anger
Is it just us, or are references to meditation showing up more frequently in mainstream news? In fact, they seem to be showing up in some of the strangest f---ing places... Read More
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Mindfulness and Learning: What’s the Connection?
Patricia Jennings, an expert you met at the 2011 Creating a Mindful Society, explains. Watch the conference livestream here. Read More
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Sustainability: Just What Is It?
Bridget Hildreth looks for the true meaning of a common but sometimes misunderstood term and finds it at Oregon's Flora Valley Farms. Read More
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Bridget Hildreth
Bridget Hildreth has an MFA in Non-fiction Writing from Eastern Washington University's Inland Northwest Writers Program. "I live," she says, "on the wild and spectacular southern Oregon coast near Bandon, Oregon where I was raised. I am the Journalism Coordinator and writing instructor at Southwestern Oregon Community College. As a narrative place writer, convergent media… Read More
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Soren Gordhamer
Soren Gordhamer works with individuals and groups on living with greater mindfulness and purpose in our technology-rich age. He is founder and host of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, and the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Secrets for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009), one of the first books to explore… Read More
