Compassion
How COVID Reminded Me We’re All Connected
Founding editor Barry Boyce delves into the ever-present balance between personal independence and our natural interdependence, two ways of seeing that touch every aspect of our lives. Read More 
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Responding to the Pandemic From the Heart
The Nurse Antigone is a play by nurses for nurses that offers compassionate space for our frontline healthcare workers to engage with the challenges they've faced during the pandemic. In this episode of the Real Mindful podcast, managing editor Stephanie Domet catches up with the event organizers. Read More
Compassion
7 Ways for Leaders to Cultivate Self-Compassion
Compassion is the emerging paradigm of great leadership, writes Georgina Miranda—yet the most challenging part may be cultivating compassion for ourselves. Here she offers practical ways leaders can show themselves the same kindness they wish to show others. Read More
Calm
Get to Know Your Monsters: A Playful Mindfulness Practice to Work With Difficult Emotions
Playfulness isn’t only for children. Incorporating some lightness in our mindfulness practice can help us address difficulty. Wendy O’Leary shows us how with this visualization exercise that inspired her new children’s book. Read More
Anxiety
Can a Greek Tragedy Help Nurses Heal From the Stress of the Pandemic?
As healthcare professionals grapple with burnout, and the pandemic enters another phase, an interactive theater company seeks to help nurses address moral injury with an online presentation they’re calling The Nurse Antigone. Read More
Compassion
5 Ways for Teachers to Take a Self-Compassion Break
While working nonstop to help their students thrive, educators often end up neglecting their own well-being. High-school counsellor and Mindful Self-Compassion teacher Lisa Baylis offers a toolbox of simple practices for educators to offer themselves the same compassion they show in the classroom. Read More
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A “Just Like Me” Practice to Expand Your Circle of Compassion
As we process the tragic events in Ukraine and around the world, we can choose to cultivate a sense of what ties all of humanity together: the desire to overcome suffering. Read More
Anxiety
How Mindfulness Is Giving Moments of Peace to Refugees
Aiming to foster inner peace and resilience for the millions of people forcibly displaced around the world, a team of scientists in Israel has designed a mindfulness program that meets refugees exactly where they are. Read More
Focus
Research Shows How We Can Reduce Bias in Ourselves and Our Organizations
Bias affects all of us, but according to a new book on the psychology of bias, we can take action to recognize and reduce its impacts—both on our own mind and in our work. Read More
Mindful Writing
Mindful Writing: A creative practice to nourish attention and well-being
Stephanie Domet, award-winning author and managing editor for Mindful, shares practical guidance, practices, and prompts to strengthen your existing writing practice, or discover a new creative outlet. Read More
