Depression & Grief
DSM-5 changes broaden mental health categories
Proposed revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) present large-scale changes to depression diagnoses and children's mental health. Read More 
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Being alone doesn’t necessarily mean you’re lonely
If you’ve been following recent news in the mindfulness world, you may have heard about a recent study by David Creswell out of Carnegie Mellon University that showed the wonderful effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as a reduction on perceived loneliness in healthy older adults age 55-85. Read More
Kids & Teens
Teaching habits of mind in school (audio podcast)
Meditation: coming to a school near you? In this episode of NPR's "On Point," Tom Ashbrook looks at how mindfulness practices are being integrated into North American schools and the research that drives these programs. Read More
Getting Started
Do I need to meditate to be mindful?
While some of us might have more of an aptitude for learning skills like these, they still have to be practiced. Read More
Focus & Attention
Mindfulness and Working Memory
Can mindfulness change how we process information? David Whitehorn explains. Read More
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Study: Meditation can boost productivity at work
Pulling your hair out at the office? Results of a new study suggest meditation training could change that for you. Read More
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Be Here Now
You might know that Andy Whitfield, late star of Spartacus, died in 2011 of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. What you might not know is how he chose to face his illness. Read More
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Mindful Commentary Online
As a PhD. student at U. Washington, Travis Kriplean designed Reflect, an interface that encourages deeper listening in web-based discussions. Read More
Meditation Practices
Time to Get Physical—Embodied listening and mindfulness practice this weekend in Nova Scotia
It’s not too late to learn how to listen to your body talk—and you can do it with two wonderful teachers at Windhorse Farm in Nova Scotia this coming weekend, July 13-15. So often in the practice of mindfulness we tend to think it’s about doing a specific practice, while all… Read More
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The Battle in the Brain
Of the multiplicity of amazing and not-at-all amazing features that appear on the web, my hands-down favorite is RSA Animate. It’s never failed to please me. In a nutshell, the Royal Society of Arts in London invites authors and innovators to give short talks on new and challenging thinking. The… Read More
