Expert Interviews
How to Find Your Power—and Avoid Abusing It
In an adaptation from his new book, Dacher Keltner explains the secret to gaining and keeping power: focus on the good of others. Read More 
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Three Ways Acceptance Helps You Work with Difficult Emotions
Welcoming and letting tough emotions be—instead of pushing them away—might be the key to riding out unpleasant experiences. Read More
Focus & Attention
How Awe Sharpens Our Brains
According to emerging research, we're better thinkers when we're feeling awe. Read More
Creativity
How to Apply Mindfulness to the Creative Process
The key to optimizing the creative process is balancing the brain networks. Read More
Mindfulness For
Face Fear and Keep Going
Fear, while critically necessary for life itself, can be horrifying and crippling. It can also eat away at us day in and day out. And yet, welcoming our fear turns out to be the best way to conquer it. Over and over again. Read More
Focus & Attention
How High Is Your Social IQ?
Ironically, being quiet for a while is the best way to boost it. Read More
Eating & Body Image
When Your Brain Can’t Decide If You’re Full—There’s An App for That
Are you hungry—or just anxious or bored? A new mindfulness app re-trains our relationship to food. Read More
Focus & Attention
Three Common Mind Traps That Sink Happiness
Some habitual ways of thinking can keep us stuck in a negative loop. Cultivating awareness of these "mind traps" can help you shift your attention. Read More
Expert Interviews
The Captain Steers the Ship
What children need, says parenting expert Susan Stiffelman, is the security of knowing that someone capable and loving is nearby to help them navigate life. And the difference that can make—even when it comes to the little things—will amaze you. Read More
Mindfulness For
How to Recover from Burnout
Once you recognize the four risk factors for burnout, you can reprioritize the things that really make you happy in life. Read More
