Compassion
How Do You Offer Yourself Kindness?
Genuine compassion for others begins with caring for ourselves. Here’s how Mindful readers are cultivating self-kindness.
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Voices
Connecting Your Mindfulness Practice to Mine
Mindful’s editor-in-chief, Heather Hurlock, on how our collective efforts to shine a light on our tiny slice of vulnerable humanity helps us all get closer to being free.
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Compassion
Gardening: A Growing Trend in Mindfulness
Lucky enough to have a green thumb? Discover how plant-lovers have been uniting peat with mindfulness practice.
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Compassion
How to Start a Mindful Journaling Practice
Writing mindfully can loosen the grip of sticky emotions by bringing them out of the dark. With just a pen and paper, or an app, we can create the habit of being there for ourselves.
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Anxiety
Staggering Under the Weight of Anxious Thoughts
Sometimes we get overwhelmed by circumstances that just feel too big, threatening catastrophe. Take a breath. Being in this moment leads us toward the calm simplicity within ourselves.
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Calm
4 Books We’re Reading to Replenish Our Energy
From exploring emotional resilience to dabbling in mindful eating, here are four books (and three podcasts) to nourish your body and mind.
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Calm
A 3-Minute Meditation to Cultivate Forgiveness
It can be difficult to forgive past wrongs, but we are the ones who hurt most when we don’t. Follow this guided practice from Elisha Goldstein to find your way forward.
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Compassion
Empathy Fatigue is All Too Real
Feeling empathy for others’ pain is innately human, but it can be stretched too thin. Here’s why we get numbed to horrific events—and how to preserve our tenderness and our desire to help.
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Mindfulness Research
How Mindfulness Serves Parents of Autistic Children
And more of the latest research on mindfulness meditation.
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Compassion
Taking A Seat at the AntiRacist Table
And more news from the world of mindfulness.
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