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How Naming Can Empower Patients, and Other Mindful News
From cultivating peaceful neighborhoods in Minneapolis to shifting the bias in medical names, here’s what’s new in the world of mindfulness.
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Compassion
What is Possible When We Put Down Our Screens
Our devices bring us live-tweeting of important events, video footage of daily life on the other side of the world, and photos of our friends from near and far, but the real magic happens when we put the screens down, writes founding editor Barry Boyce.
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Calm
How to Open Up Without Getting Overwhelmed
Meditation teacher and author Diana Winston shares three ways you can develop greater awareness (and why you might want to try).
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Calm
All Our Relations: Four Indigenous Lessons on Mindfulness
There’s healing in acknowledging our interconnectedness. Four Indigenous wisdom keepers share how their practice helps them remember.
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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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Compassion
Honesty: The Often Missing Ingredient in Community
Even tight-knit, caring groups of people can be susceptible to cliquiness and even cruelty. Founding editor Barry Boyce considers what we can all do to hold each other accountable.
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Calm
Why Relationships Are Key to Well-Being
Authors and mindfulness experts Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp dive into the research on how building strong connections with others helps us stay healthy and happy.
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Calm
What Nature Teaches Us About Well-Being
What can we learn from nature as a teacher? The natural world and its processes mirror the flexibility, creativity, and resilience that’s already within us, just waiting to unfurl.
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Compassion
Study considers whether meditation training enhances social behavior—or decreases it
A recent set of studies shows that while mindfulness may enhance self-awareness, it does not necessarily increase prosocial behavior.
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Audio
A 20-Minute Meditation for Exploring Interconnectedness
Ghylian Bell takes us through a guided meditation that reminds us that we are connected to ourselves and those around us during these challenging times.
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