Of the multiplicity of amazing and not-at-all amazing features that appear on the web, my hands-down favorite is RSA Animate. It’s never failed to please me. In a nutshell, the Royal Society of Arts in London invites authors and innovators to give short talks on new and challenging thinking. The… Read More 
While there may be many books out there on parenting, there really isn't any definitive guide because every baby and child is unique and all parents come with unique baggage from childhood and genetics. Becoming a parent is wonderful for stirring up all of those old memories and connections from… Read More
What happens when teens play games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression? Neuroscientist Richard Davidson plans to find out. Read More
Practicing meditation is a skillful way to cultivate well-being—both personal and social. Read More
Google’s own Chade-Meng Tan writes about the groundbreaking mindfulness-based training program—Search Inside Yourself—offered at one of the world's most successful companies. Read More
Dr. Christopher Germer is a friend and colleague of mine who grew up with a great fear of speaking. It wasn’t always easy, but over time he began to cultivate an awareness of the feeling of fear as it arose and practiced systematically relating to it with greater mindfulness and… Read More
Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan talks about his book A Mindful Nation and about why we need mindfulness more than ever. Read More
Despite grim bad-news stories, honor is in fact alive among those who serve the public. And so too is mindfulness. Read More
When did you first start practicing mindfulness and why were you motivated to do so? I first became interested in mindfulness in 2002 while trekking in the Himalayas and reading a book by Thich Nhat Hanh called Being Peace. When I returned to the States after my 16… Read More
In my new book The Willpower Instinct, I describe one of my favorite studies of self-control. I call it the “torture experiment.” It reveals how mindfulness can help us break free from even the most difficult habits. Sarah Bowen, a research scientist in the Addictive Behaviors Research… Read More
