Getting Started
Binge-Watching the Stories in Your Head
Stories can help us make sense of a complicated world—but when we become stuck in fixed ideas of how things should be, we miss out on the opportunity to accept things as they are. Read More 
Community
Learn
How We Learn To Observe Our Own Biases
Mindfulness is often taught to and by middle-aged white women, but some of the most intense and interesting work is being offered to diverse and disenfranchised communities—bringing our cultural and class biases out into the open. Read More
Mindfulness For
5 Rules for Sharing Genuinely and Safely Online
No matter what kind of social community you find yourself in, it is important to abide by a few specific guidelines for safe sharing. Read More
Books & Reviews
A Review of McMindfulness
In his new book McMindfulness, Ron Purser contends that mindfulness dulls our social awareness and discourages us from taking action. Thought leader Andy Lee explores why Purser missed every opportunity to prove those points. Read More
Focus & Attention
Has Mindfulness Become Too Self-Involved?
Mindfulness isn’t all about self-improvement—It’s about remembering we’re all connected. Here are 10 ways to put compassion in action in your community. Read More
Expert Interviews
How Mindfulness Can Help us Talk About the Things That Divide Us
Mindful editor-in-chief Barry Boyce talks with writer and editor Stephanie Domet about how mindfulness helps us deepen our caring not only for ourselves, but also for others, no matter how different from us they may seem. And, we meet the Mindful Vulgarian, and talk a little about MOMing, also known as Mouthing off Mindfully. Read More
Magazine
Can Mindfulness Save Democracy?
Politics have a way of sparking anger within us. By introducing a little mindfulness, we begin to create the space we need to shift out of old patterns. Read More
Magazine
Could Flint Become the Most Mindful City in America?
Flint, Michigan is about to become famous again—but this time, not because of a heart-breaking crisis. After decades of crippling challenges, civic leaders in Flint are leading the way in bringing mindfulness into the work of rebuilding a resilient, healthy community. Just last week, over 100 people from… Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Taking Mindfulness to the Heart of Trauma
Grassroots activist Shelly Tygielski’s mindfulness practice has developed from free meditations on the Florida beach to helping the families of Parkland cope with unimaginable loss. Read More
Focus & Attention
The Difficult Task of Seeing The Whole Picture
Editor-in-Chief Barry Boyce explains how practicing mindfulness helps us slow down and notice what’s really there—not just what our mind wants us to see. Read More
