Compassion
3 Important Lessons on Mindful Conversation
To perform at our best in crucial conversations, marrying mindful intentions with mindful actions helps to ensure that you can make good on your good intentions.
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Compassion
How to Find Common Ground—in Spite of Differing Views
What do you do when people have the audacity to think differently than you do? Here’s how you can stay open and curious in moments of disagreement, instead of getting stuck in defensiveness.
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Calm
A Grounding Practice to Cultivate Resilience and Equanimity
Mindful CEO Bryan Welch stops by the Men Talking Mindfulness podcast to share some insight into his mindfulness practice, a few words of wisdom, and a mindfulness practice to help you feel grounded.
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Anxiety
Avoiding a Difficult Conversation? Start with Self-Compassion
Dreading the thought of a tense conversation? Here’s why you’re not alone, and how you can bring the wisdom of self-compassion to bear on those discussions you don’t really want to have.
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Audio
Having a Tough Conversation? Try This 12-Minute Meditation to Reset
It’s not always the case that our formal mindfulness practice carries seamlessly into daily life—especially in conversations that spark tension. Shalini Bahl-Milne offers a practice to help you ensure you can be mindfully present for these difficult moments.
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Audio
Barry Boyce on Bridging our Differences
Founding editor Barry Boyce talks with managing editor Stephanie Domet about how and why we sort ourselves into groups. How mindful awareness can help us navigate the habits and patterns that arise in our in-groups, the refreshing value of encountering other perspectives, and the beauty of encouragement.
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Calm
6 Questions to Spark Intimacy in Your Relationships
Next time you’re tempted to scroll through your phone instead of catching up with your partner after work, try one of these reflective queries—they just might spark a thoughtful conversation and, at the same time, bring you closer together.
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Compassion
How to Practice Listening Without Getting Defensive
Taking the time to listen to how another person feels—without immediately and sometimes impulsively reacting—creates the space for both parties to feel heard. Try this exercise to strengthen your active listening skills.
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