Why We Made a Magazine About Compassion
The Mindful editors share why they decided to make The Compassion Issue and a peek behind the scenes of making the 2025 Annual Edition of Mindful magazine. Read More 
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Guided Meditations
A Guided Walking Meditation to Meet Uncertainty with Compassion
When we're facing the unknown, our thoughts and emotions often go into overdrive and we lose sight of being kind to ourselves. Mark Bertin reminds us that we are not alone and offers a practice to work with uncertainty. Read More
12 Minute Meditation
A 12-Minute Meditation for Sending Compassion to a Difficult Person
When we dislike someone, it's much harder to recognize their humanity. This guided meditation supports us in releasing tension in the body and cultivating compassion, even for a difficult person. Read More
Compassion
Compassion Is Key to Our Survival
From an evolutionary standpoint, “survival of the kindest” is no exaggeration. When we respond with kindness in the face of suffering—including our own—we’re affirming the reality that our lives and well-being are all interconnected. Read More
12 Minute Meditation
A 12-Minute Meditation for Cultivating Compassion in Racial Awareness
Tovi Scruggs-Hussein invites us on a mindful journey of introspection and forgiveness, encouraging us to reflect on ingrained prejudices and the impact they have on our interactions and societal structures, so we can bring compassion to racial awareness. Read More
Calm
A 12-Minute Body Scan Meditation for Self-Compassion and Presence
Melli O'Brien leads us through a body scan meditation designed to help you experience greater self-compassion, self-acceptance, and presence. Read More
Calm
A 12-Minute Meditation for Self-Compassion and Loving-Kindness
This week, Melli O’Brien invites us to immerse ourselves in a meditation designed to soothe the nervous system and cultivate self-compassion through deep relaxation and warm, gentle affirmations. Read More
Grief & Loss
Please Die Soon: Finding Compassion for Unimaginable Thoughts
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
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It’s Selfish, It’s Hokey, and I’ll Lose My Edge: 3 Half-Truths About Self-Compassion
Dr. Diana Hill dives into some of the biggest misconceptions around self-compassion, and what the latest research reveals about being intentionally kind toward ourselves and others. Read More
Focus
How to Navigate Overthinking With Compassionate Awareness
Here are 10 ways mindfulness can help us break free from cycles of worry and uncertainty for more mental health and inner ease. Read More
