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Here’s What Mindfulness Is (and Isn’t) Good For
It won’t solve every problem.
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Kids and Teens
Help Your Kids Let Go of Stuff
By engaging children’s imagination and natural compassion we can help them live a simpler, more mindful life.
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Well-Being
What Does Headspace Want?
Folding the goal-less nature of meditation into the culture of gamification surrounding apps, Headspace is "winning" on the mindfulness market. But has the app's recent redesign satisfied a larger user base at the expense of deeper convictions?
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Focus
What the Science of Power Can Tell Us about Sexual Harassment
We need to take on the myths that sustain the abuses of power, argues Dacher Keltner.
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Voices
Why There’s No “Mindfulness Movement”
Inside Mindful Blog #3 from James Gimian, the Executive Director of the Foundation for a Mindful Society, on why mindfulness needs people in the trenches.
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Singer-Songwriter Jewel Shares Her Mindfulness Practices
Jewel shares two simple mindful breathing techniques for learning to observe your thoughts.
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Meditation’s Effects May Differ by Type of Practice
A new study explores how the type of meditation you practice could impact your brain in different ways, leading to varied social, cognitive, or behavioral effects.
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Mindfulness Research
When You Meditate, You Might Also Be Regulating Your Genes
Research is beginning to illuminate the intricate connection between chronic stress, inflammation, DNA, and mindfulness practice.
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Interviews
The Brain Goes into “Repair Mode” When People Think We’re Not Competent
What if we rethought the drive to succeed, to be competent, as a basic need for our brains? Dr. Michael Gervais speaks with psychologist and science writer Scott Barry Kaufman on what drives creative—and possibly intellectual—leaps.
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How Your Brain Stops a Bad Day from Making You Hate Everyone
A new study shows how our brains prevent “emotional spillover” from biasing our first impressions of new people.
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