Ever wonder why your emails tend to be better when you wait a little before replying? Choosing to take a pause before we act may sound simple, but it yields powerful results. Longtime mindfulness teacher and author Andrew Safer shares a few ways we can practice pausing, both at our job and everywhere in our life. Read More 
Learning to take care of your heart, to accept the pain that comes with seeing the people you love suffer, and to be okay with suffering yourself, is the true work of self-love—and it begins with the breath. Read More
There’s a robust body of research that shows mindful journaling can be a powerful tool for insight, clarity, healing, and well-being. Here’s why you should try it (even if you don’t consider yourself a “writer”). Read More
When we can work with shame instead of avoiding it, we open ourselves up to opportunities for growth and healing. Read More
By practicing self-awareness, you can listen with greater care—not only to words, but also to the emotion and meaning that's being expressed. Read More
When someone you love is dying, there could be a secret moment, when things are really bad, when you hear yourself silently whisper the unimaginable thought: Please die soon. Say what??? It is with a brave heart, writes Elaine Smookler, that we look at this whole journey of death and make peace with the wild currents that threaten to pull us under. Read More
More schools are bringing meditation to their classrooms. Writer Leslie Garrett spoke to teachers and mindfulness leaders about how it supports students, teachers, and their wider communities. Read More
As we practice mindful awareness and communication around race, we can build our toolkit for showing up in the world with more compassion and the capacity to learn. Read More
Video calls are here to stay. Here’s why it’s important to take care of yourself and your team in the age of Zoom, and mindfulness tips to help you avoid burnout. Read More
Explore this 15-minute guided meditation to open up some space for yourself to sit with what is, rather than what if. Read More
