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Expert Interviews
Search Inside Yourself 

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 

  • Chade-Meng Tan
  • March 21, 2012
Getting Started
How to use your mindful instinct—and why 

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 

  • Elisha Goldstein
  • March 8, 2012
Expert Interviews
LYSSA NOVITSKY RIBBLE 

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 

  • Mindful readers like you
  • January 5, 2012
Eating & Body Image
Mindfulness and Cravings 

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 

  • Kelly McGonigal
  • December 30, 2011
Focus & Attention
Managing Two Minds: the conscious vs. automatic 

Have you ever noticed that when you’re under stress, it’s so much harder to resist temptation? Or make any kind of change in your daily routine, like starting an exercise program or kicking a late-night TV habit? That’s because stress primes the brain to take automatic action. Any impulse will… Read More 

  • Kelly McGonigal
  • December 23, 2011