Compassion
Why Gifting Experiences Might Be the Best Idea This Year
“Just the right thing” may not be a thing at all. By giving experiences instead of things, we can focus on the real goals of exchanging gifts. Read More 
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Anxiety
The Gift of Giving
Give yourself the gift of rethinking gift giving, writes Sara Kate Gillingham. Reconnect with love and generosity and the rest will fall into place. Read More
Daily Practices
How Writing Three Lines of Poetry Can Open Your Heart
Poetry can be a kind of meditation, explains Rashid Hughes. He explores how the art of haiku can bring a sense of peaceful, awe-inspired expressiveness into your practice. Read More
Compassion
Finding Joy in the Mundane Moments of Life
What happens when we look for the sublime in mundane tasks? Here are five ways to capture the beauty and connection available in even the most basic daily experiences. Read More
Anxiety
How to Bookend Your Day with Compassion
Frank Ostaseski offers two short contemplations, calling on the power of love and compassion. Read More
12 Minute Meditation
A 12-Minute Meditation to Welcome Everything
Frank Ostaseski offers six steps to open up to the present moment—whatever it may bring. Read More
Audio
Embracing the Gift of Being Alive with Rhonda Magee
Rhonda Magee sits down with Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet to talk about her work, how she navigates difficult emotions, and how love can carry us through. Read More
Compassion
Why Self-Compassion is Essential to Healing
There’s nothing wrong with us when we feel strong emotions like irritability or anger, in fact, says Tara Brach, they are primitive forms of self-love. Read More
Compassion
Here’s How You Can Make Compassion a Habit
Life can make it difficult to check in on those we love and care about. Follow this compassion practice to become more aware of opportunities to extend compassion to others. Read More
Compassion
Healing in the Deep Ocean of Grief
Grief can hold our heads beneath the waves, but, as Bryan Welch writes, its tides can also open us to compassion for ourselves and others, showing us the value of a broken heart. Read More
