Anxiety
How Vacations and Meditation Heal the Body and Mind
Harvard research reveals how going on vacation, especially if you meditate while you're on vacation, restores your body and mind on a genetic level. Read More 
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Relationships
Beware Your Biased Brain
Our brain can move very fast, and that can be a real problem. The tendency to make split-second assessments of people can lead to disastrous outcomes. Read More
Focus
Your Wild, Wonderful Brain
Although there's lots of scientific information floating around about our brains, Barry Boyce explains, there's still so much we don't really understand. Read More
Calm
Being Critical is Not the Same as Being Aware
When we let our inner critic take a back seat at work, we can observe more dispassionately, which opens up more possibilities for decision-making and leadership. Read More
Compassion
How Self-Compassion Can Help Teens De-stress
Teen stress is on the rise. According to a new study, learning mindfulness and self-compassion can help teens cope. Read More
Anxiety
Two Mindful Practices for Anxious Eaters
When we investigate the roots of our anxiety in the moment, and separate anxiety from true hunger, it becomes easier to get a handle on unhealthy eating habits. Read More
Calm
Why It Doesn’t Pay to Be a People-Pleaser
Christine Carter always tried to meet other people’s expectations—until she realized how out of sync with her own wants and needs she’d become. Read More
Mindful or Mindless?
A quick look at who’s paying attention and who’s not. Read More
Well-Being
4 Mindful Books Worth Reading this Month
The Mindful Editors sifted through mindfulness reads to offer up this short list of books for your reading pleasure. Read More
Calm
The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps
When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are. Two mindfulness experts and app developers talked to Mindful about how most apps rely on the science of mindfulness in general to back up their claims, and how that could lead to problems—and fines—in the future, like it did for the brain-training company Lumosity. Read More
