Award-winning author Yann Martel obtained a degree in philosophy from Trent University in Ontario, then worked at various jobs before taking up writing full-time from the age of 27. His books include The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993), a collection of short stories; the novel Self (1996); the novel Life of Pi (2002), for which he won… Read More 
Psychologist Marsha M. Linehan, who created a program to help the most severely suicidal people, has a confession: she has a history of mental illness. Read More
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Sports and mindfulness meet in this collection of Mindful articles perfect for team players, lone wolves, and armchair athletes alike. Read More
Summertime: Time to relax, time to connect with friends and family, time to to recharge your batteries. Here are some Mindful.org selections to help you do just that. Enjoy! Read More
Nancy Darling is a Professor of Psychology at Oberlin College. For the past 25 years, she has studied how adolescents shape and are shaped by their social relationships. She has authored more than 50 scientific papers on teens’ relationships with parents, friends, romantic partners, and unrelated adults and has studied… Read More
Gardening without earbuds lets you hear yourself and your body, says Nancy Darling. Read More
You can enhance the quality of your life by philosophizing with others, says Tom Morris. Read More
When did you first start practicing mindfulness and why were you motivated to do so?… Read More
Ten years ago last March, I decided to seek help for my mind. It was near the beginning of a third (and most crippling) episode of anxiety and depression, and I realized that whatever the outer circumstances behind my despair, the resolution had to come from within. Swamped by distressing… Read More
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