Mindfulness Research
Are Meditators Unmotivated Slackers?
Does meditation turn good employees into the listless masses? Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce weighs in on a recent study.
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Why Nonjudgment Is Part of Mindfulness Practice
Our inclination to make snap judgments can create stress for ourselves and others. Mindfulness helps undercut that.
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Defining Mindfulness
Founding editor Barry Boyce on where mindfulness comes from and where it can go from here.
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Focus
Using Science to Start a Conversation
Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce on the importance of questioning everything we think we know.
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Anxiety
How Grassroots Mindfulness Fuels Mental Health Support
To make mindfulness accessible, you need to go into communities that aren't attending the conventional mindfulness classes. Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce visits the Centre for Mindful Studies in Toronto where frontline workers train clients in mindfulness.
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Why Mindfulness is for Everyone
Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce on why mindfulness is not something for a select few. It's our human birthright.
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Thoughts Are Not Facts—But They Speak to the Power of Judging
We have a natural tendency to think that the thoughts we generate in our minds are our own. We need to make room to evaluate new information that seeps into our minds.
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Calm
Find a Moment of Awe—in the Forest
Barry Boyce on how the glory of trees can connect us to what matters.
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Anxiety
Confessions of an Anxious Meditator
The poster-child picture of the meditator is often someone with a blissed-out beatific smile, looking as if they are about to float into space. In fact, meditation puts us in touch with the anxiety we all carry as living, breathing human beings. And that’s why it can be so helpful.
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Focus
Why Our Brain Thrives on Mistakes
A slowly growing body of research suggests that our common aversion to failure is itself a failed strategy. Being curious about our mistakes is the royal road to learning. And mindful techniques can help.
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