Mindful Policing: The Future of Force
With police violence in the news, and public scrutiny on the rise, cities turn to mindfulness to help officers deal with the stress of the job. Read More 
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Well-Being
3 Simple Steps to Stop Mental Time Traveling
You can create daily routines that help rewire your brain for present moment awareness and free you from ruminating about the past or worrying about the future. Read More
Daily Practices
Meditation on Foot
Leave your FitBit and pump-up music at home, and try out mindful running. This fresh approach to fitness tunes you in to your mind as well as your body. The result is a whole new experience of fitness. Read More
Intimately Mindful
Psychotherapist and social worker Giselle Jones talks about using mindfulness to help people open up. Read More
Compassion
The Art of Admiring: A Mindful Lesson from a Toy Camera
How one photo-addicted mom found mindfulness in her daughter's toy camera. Plus, a simple noticing practice for non-judgemental awareness. Read More
Calm
6 Books to Get You Unhooked from Negative Habits
From food cravings to telling off grumpy colleagues, some habits are hard to avoid even on our best days. We've rounded up these mindfulness reads so you can flourish in every facet of life—even during those tough times. Read More
Mindfulness Research
The Mindful Approach to Those Very Real Butterflies in Your Stomach
It might not be possible to heal some gut disorders without first considering the impact of stress and our emotions. Read More
Anxiety
When Avoidance Rules Your Life: Understanding Compulsions vs. Addictions
Though we often equate compulsions and addictions, researchers are now drawing a sharp distinction between these two behaviors—one is about avoiding and the other about seeking. Read More
Well-Being
5 Ways to Fight Fake News
Filter bubbles and fake news exist because all of us tend to ignore facts and stick to our own social enclaves online. To heal the division in America, we must fix one of our most important methods of gathering and sharing information: the internet. Read More
Anxiety
Being Present with Cancer
Fear. Uncertainty about the future. Some of the most difficult elements of the cancer experience are well-suited for mindfulness, and 20 years of research into Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) is beginning to bear out the benefits. Plus — try this breathing meditation to alleviate insomnia. Read More
