2021

What is Possible When We Put Down Our Screens—Illustration of a Black woman stepping out of a large smartphone and into the real world.
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What is Possible When We Put Down Our Screens 

Our devices bring us live-tweeting of important events, video footage of daily life on the other side of the world, and photos of our friends from near and far, but the real magic happens when we put the screens down, writes founding editor Barry Boyce. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce
  • December 4, 2021
The BASICS of Mindful Eating—Photo of someone peeling clementines over a bowl of un-peeled clementines.
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The BASICS of Mindful Eating 

How often do you sit down to eat with no screens and when you’re not on the move? Lynn Rossy shares how slowing down and paying attention to our meals can help us know what our body needs and when. Read More 

  • Lynn Rossy
  • November 28, 2021
How I Found My Way to Gratitude
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How I Found My Way to Gratitude 

Whether you think of it as the “greatest virtue,” as Cicero did, or “social glue,” as researchers do, gratitude has the power to change your life, if you let it. Kelly Barron shares how she learned to let gratitude change her. Read More 

  • Kelly Barron
  • November 21, 2021
How to Regain Focus When Your Mind Wanders—Illustration of a woman meditating in a pink background depicting nature and her black hair flows upwards with flowers, leaves, etc. in it.
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How to Regain Focus When Your Mind Wanders 

With constant distractions like news notifications, social media, and never-ending to-do lists, it can be hard to focus on what’s important. Rich Fernandez offers a mindfulness practice for stability and concentration. Read More 

  • Rich Fernandez
  • November 15, 2021
Gentle Men: The Healing Power of Vulnerability—Three men sit outdoors and look at each other smiling.
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Gentle Men: The Healing Power of Vulnerability 

The old-fashioned view of what it means to “be a man” is limiting and even harmful. With mindfulness, men can show up as their full selves—for themselves, their relationships, and their communities. Read More 

  • Chris Peraro
  • November 14, 2021
We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help—Painting of two hands painted in many colors coming together from left and right with their fingers interlocking in the middle over a red background.
Compassion

We’re All Biased. Here’s How Meditation May Help. 

By engaging in practices that increase awareness, focus on our similarities, and develop care and kindness, writes Mind & Life Institute Science Director Wendy Hasenkamp, we might also be loosening the hold of implicit bias. Read More 

  • Wendy Hasenkamp
  • November 4, 2021
Mindful Books and Podcasts to Curl Up With This Fall - Cat, book and coffee in a bed.
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Mindful Books and Podcasts to Curl Up With This Fall 

As the weather changes, we’re spending a little less time outdoors and a little more time inside staying warm. Here are the Mindful editors’ recommendations for a cozy night in. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce, Amber Tucker, Oyinda Lagunju, Ava Whitney-Coulter, and Stephanie Domet
  • October 29, 2021
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