Audio
Prescribing Awareness
We often seek comfort in denial. But by downplaying or ignoring health issues, we can inflict further harm on ourselves and others.
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health
Meditation
The Difference Between Healing and Fixing in the Practice of Mindfulness
We often hear that mindfulness doesn’t “work” when we use it as a means to an end. Here, Genevieve Tregor explains why mindfulness loses its impact when we use it in small "bandage" doses instead of weaving the practice into our daily lives.
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Audio
How to Show Up When You Have Cancer
In this podcast, Patricia Rockman, director of education and clinical services for the Center for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, and Mindful columnist Elaine Smookler, both cancer survivors, talk about how mindfulness factors into the cancer experience.
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Focus
Stop Mindlessly Going Through Your Work Day
Do you remember what you did this morning? Here are three ways to stay present and bring purpose to each moment of your work day.
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Anxiety
The Mindful Approach to Those Very Real Butterflies in Your Stomach
It might not be possible to heal some gut disorders without first considering the impact of stress and our emotions.
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Daily Practices
7 Habits of Mind to Bring to Your Next Meal or Snack
Through the simple act of eating, we can investigate our intentions, actions, and moment-to-moment well-being.
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Anxiety
Being Present with Cancer
Fear. Uncertainty about the future. Some of the most difficult elements of the cancer experience are well-suited for mindfulness, and 20 years of research into Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) is beginning to bear out the benefits. Plus — try this breathing meditation to alleviate insomnia.
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Mindfulness Research
Three Things We Still Don’t Know About Meditation
Despite the hype, researchers are still exploring the benefits of meditation and how much practice we need to achieve them.
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Compassion
Is Your Immune System Secretly Choosing Your Friends?
New research reveals surprising ties between our immune systems and our social behavior.
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Calm
Nurse Reveals Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware: What I learned working in palliative care and how meditation saved me.
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