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Where Does Kindness Come From?
A new study fuses methods from several different branches of science to reveal the forces that shape kindness. Read More 
Difficult Emotions
Magazine
Three Ways Acceptance Helps You Work with Difficult Emotions
Welcoming and letting tough emotions be—instead of pushing them away—might be the key to riding out unpleasant experiences. Read More
Mindfulness For
Emotional Rescue: Using Mindfulness to Reset Your Reactions
When something goes wrong, do you have the urge to ignore your emotions or react to them? Your response might tell you something about your habits of mind. Read More
Expert Interviews
Cooling the Raging Fires of Anger
Anger can be our undoing, but it doesn’t have to be that way, says Jeffrey Brantley, M.D. Read More
Expert Interviews
Is Shyness Holding You Back?
Family therapist Steve Flowers on how self-compassion can free us from the grip of the mental judge and jury that is running, or even ruining, our lives. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Mindfulness Practice: Connecting with Love
Feelings of passion and love can make us so joyful. When they bring along with them intense attachment, they can also turn very painful and destructive. Read More
Mindfulness For
Lean into Your Fears Using Mindfulness
It’s hard to imagine life without fear. Its raw power can save lives. It can also paralyze us
and invade every part of our life. Taming it and directing is one of life’s greatest challenges. Read More
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
A Mindfulness Practice for Letting Go of Jealousy
Wanting what others have. Protecting what we have from others’ grasp. These feelings are not fun. But on closer examination, we can see an underlying drive to aspire and emulate. Read More
Depression & Grief
How to Navigate Sadness Mindfully
When we’re separated from or lose someone we love, when things don’t go our way, sadness naturally occurs. It’s the sign of a tender heart. Unchecked, it can be deeply unhealthy. Read More
Magazine
What Keeps You Coming Back
Meditating isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, nor should it be. The great thing about mindfulness, says Barry Boyce, is how it deals with difficult emotions. Read More
