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Anxiety
What is Ecoanxiety, and How Can Mindfulness Help? 

Climate change is happening right now and it is affecting people all over the world. Here are three ways to be with the difficult emotions that arise in consequence and continue to be engaged with the process of finding a solution. Read More 

  • Joe Flanders
  • November 26, 2019
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Audio
A Conversation on Mindfulness, Bias and Racial Justice 

It's difficult to have a conversation about racism, privilege and fragility without things getting heated. In this Point of View Podcast, experts weigh in on the role mindfulness plays in understanding and navigating racial justice. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • October 15, 2019
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Calm
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 

  • Jay Vidyarthi
  • October 8, 2019
Calm
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 

  • Patricia Rockman and Evan Collins
  • September 3, 2019
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Calm
Six Books to Enjoy this Fall 

As leaves begin to change and kids head back to school, here are six books and podcasts you can add to your reading list. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • August 30, 2019
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Compassion
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 

  • Andy Lee
  • August 15, 2019
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Calm
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 

  • Patricia Rockman and Evan Collins
  • August 1, 2019
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Audio
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 

  • Barry Boyce and Stephanie Domet
  • July 16, 2019
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Calm
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 

  • Nate Klemp and Eric Langshur
  • July 15, 2019
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