Gratitude
Thanksgiving All Year Long: 5 Simple Gratitude Practices for Daily Life
Explore a collection of meditations to help you appreciate moments of beauty and connection. Read More 
December 2022
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Calm
Getting Started with Mindful Writing
Mindful writing can lead you on the path of inner discovery. It can be the place where your experience meets your mindfulness practice, a place to encounter the twists and turns of your emotional life—and a bit of solid ground to stand on. Read More
Focus
Why We Talk to Ourselves: The Science of Your Internal Monologue
Some of us chatter to ourselves all day long while others’ inner lives take the form of pictures or, like Einstein, abstract visual concepts. But as mindfulness urges us to pay more attention, it’s worth asking: What can our interior life teach us? Read More
Gratitude
Thanks For That?!
On difficult days, you may find gratitude hard to come by. But when you make it your plan to welcome life’s vast smorgasbord of experiences, you’ll find lots of delightful treasures to be grateful for. Read More
News
What’s New in Mindfulness: Indigenous Wellness, Quilts of Compassion, and More
Learn about a contemplative science site, a hotline to support those in mental health crisis, and more news from the world of mindfulness. Read More
Calm
Try This Breathing Meditation to Calm Your Busy Mind
This guided belly breath meditation allows you to explore slow, relaxed, abdominal breathing–when you need it most. Read More
Mindfulness Research
Encouraging Healthy Mindsets for Teens
From navigating moments of anger to reducing stress for young people, here are some recent findings from the research on mindfulness. Read More
Compassion
Gratitude for the Lousy Ingrate
If platitudes like “be grateful” tend to light a fire of rage in you, you’re not alone—and you may benefit from a slightly different path to accessing the many gifts of a regular gratitude practice. Read More
