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12 Minute Meditation
Try This Guided Meditation As a Mindful Writing Prompt 

The invitation is to connect with your senses in a real or imagined setting. What do you hear? What do you smell? Note the emotional content of the space. And when you’re done, take what you learned to the page in whatever way suits you. Read More 

  • Stephanie Domet
  • June 10, 2024
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Calm
Free Yourself from Reader Ghosts for Deeper, More Mindful Writing 

When we’re caught up in what an imagined audience will think about our writing, we are much less likely to actually write anything. Mindful writing teacher and former state poet laureate Alexandria Peary explores how we can (re)discover the joy of writing by freeing ourselves from the judgy reader ghosts in our mind. Read More 

  • Alexandria Peary
  • March 31, 2024
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Calm
How Emotionally Self-Aware Are You? 

Without being able to recognize your feelings, you can’t control them. This inevitably effects your disposition—and output—at work. Read More 

  • Daniel Goleman
  • September 29, 2023
The Power of Humility: Breaking Confirmation Bias for Deeper Connection, Compassion, and Learning
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The Power of Humility: Breaking Confirmation Bias for Deeper Connection, Compassion, and Learning 

Research shows that intellectual humility can offer far-reaching benefits for both individuals and our society as a whole. Leaders in mindfulness and research break down the science of overcoming confirmation bias and the self-work that can open us up to new perspectives, productive collaboration, and compassion. Read More 

  • Barry Boyce, Susan Kaiser Greenland, and Steven Hickman
  • September 14, 2023
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