Focus & Attention
Use Your Phone to Create Good Habits
The same quality that makes phones addictive can also help you meet and follow through on your goals. Make the time you spend on your phone more worthwhile with these three steps. Read More 
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Mindfulness For
Four Self-Care Habits to Practice at Work
We are our own worst critic — and it could be holding us back in the workplace. Here are four ways to stop being so hard on ourselves and use simple moments during the day to wind down when we feel overwhelmed. Read More
Expert Interviews
How Habits and Happiness are Linked
Happiness doesn't always make us feel happy, says New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin. That's because it's a complex state of well-being that requires awareness of both positive and negative emotions, personal values, temperaments, and habits. Read More
Magazine
What to Do When Things Fall Apart
How to stay steady when it feels like the world is against you. Read More
Expert Interviews
A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit
Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer on how we can use mindfulness to harness the brain's habit-forming process to build more nourishing habits that aren't steered by cravings. Read More
Expert Interviews
The Flighty Nature of Attention
Meditation teacher Will Kabat-Zinn explores how meditation allows us to stumble upon something we've always wanted: a settled, stable mind in the midst of the chaos of life. We live at the mercy of our thoughts and thought patterns, he says, and as we begin to cultivate attention—which requires us to move counter to much of the mainstream direction of our society and economy—we gain a little stability. Read More
Mindfulness For
5 Ways to Kick Bad Habits
How to finally get rid of those pesky old habits that no longer serve you. Read More
Learn
When Avoidance Rules Your Life: Understanding Compulsions vs. Addictions
Though we often equate compulsions and addictions, researchers are now drawing a sharp distinction between these two behaviors—one is about avoiding and the other about seeking. Read More
Focus & Attention
A Simple Strategy for Creating New Habits
Four research-backed tips that will help you stave off temptation, follow through on your goals, and shift out of old habits and into new ones. Read More
Focus & Attention
How to Notice, Shift, and Rewire Your Brain
A simple mindfulness strategy for mastering the habit of becoming more present to each moment and, as a result, experiencing greater focus, productivity, and life satisfaction. Read More
