Calm
It Matters Why You Meditate
Research suggests that the way you view your emotional and psychological life may influence your reasons for meditating, and how much benefit you get from the practice.
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Mindfulness Research
Does Mindfulness Decrease Feelings of Guilt?
How your practice could impact making amends, a review of mindfulness-based interventions, and other new mindfulness research.
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Health
How the Arts Can Bring Healing to Healthcare
We often think of art and science as separate or even opposites, yet there’s a growing wave of organizations, medical school programs, and people exploring the ways in which the two fields overlap.
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Calm
The Science of Gratitude
Research shows gratitude isn’t just a pleasant feeling—being grateful can also support greater health, happiness, and wisdom in ourselves and our communities.
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Focus
The Science of Curiosity
The thrill of curiosity can motivate us to learn—or it can send us hurtling into rabbit holes and habit loops. Dr. Judson Brewer breaks down what this inner drive has to do with shifting our most ingrained habits.
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Anxiety
Using Self-Compassion to Help With Recurring Depression
Recurring depression is a challenge for many people. New research shows that a mindfulness-based therapy for depression may help with low mood, by explicitly focusing on self-compassion.
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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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Anxiety
A Savory Journey Toward Self-Discovery
Amit Bernstein discovered his life's purpose sailing through Thailand. Now he's researching the ways mindfulness can help alleviate suffering and promote human flourishing.
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Calm
What We Wear is a Reflection of How We Want to be Seen
How the clothes we wear can affect our relationships, behavior, and identity—and why it’s different for almost everyone.
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This Neuroscientist Decoded the Brain Patterns of Meditators
Recent neuroscientific research results illuminate the way a meditator's internal
brain processes can flow and fluctuate during meditation.
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