Compassion
Why Relationships Are the Key to Longevity
Fostering and maintaining close friendships can help keep your brain healthier as you age. Read More 
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The Brain
The Remarkable Brains of Long-Term Meditators
Researchers suggest that people with an advanced meditation practice might operate at a different level of awareness — and it shows in their brainwaves. Read More
Health
Why Forest Bathing Is Good for Your Health
Though any kind of nature can enhance our health and happiness, there’s something special about being in a forest. Read More
Calm
A Mindful Approach to Failure
In this TED Talk, author and entrepreneur Leticia Gasca shares three lessons on how to fail mindfully. Read More
The Brain
Would You Upload Your Brain to the Cloud?
Scientists are in hot pursuit of the "the connectome"—the map of the 86-billion-neuron, 100-trillion-synapse human brain that would allow your brainware to be recreated in digital form. Read More
Kids and Teens
How to Support Your Kid at School Without Being a Helicopter Parent
Parents can help their children most by getting back to the basics and not trying to solve everything. Read More
Guided Meditations
Breathing Compassion In and Out
Kristin Neff guides us through a twenty-minute compassion meditation, first directing kind phrases to ourselves and then to others. Read More
Tame Your Money Shame
It’s taboo to talk about financial struggles because our emotions about money run so deep—but naming our feelings around money will help us deepen our relationship with it. Read More
Focus
Can Your Smartphone Make You Mindful?
Meditation apps help users see mindfulness as part of their lives but they also run the risk of becoming just another tech habit. Read More
Calm
How Educators Can Become More Resilient This School Year
A new book offers practical tips to help teachers overcome challenges and stress. Read More
