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Why We Need to Practice Self-Compassion
This five-minute video offers an easy self-compassion practice for moments when we’re feeling critical of ourselves. Read More 
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Taking Your Practice Off the Meditation Cushion with Improv
An unlikely tool for cultivating compassion lies well beyond the meditation cushion. We find it, instead, in improv communities. Read More
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3 Practices to Come Back to Your Heart
Heather Hurlock, Executive Editor at Mindful, explores ways we can tune into our innate capacity for love and compassion. Read More
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3 Mindful Ways to Learn from Cancel Culture
Associate Editor Amber Tucker writes that responding to criticism with love requires us to remember we're capable of resilience, learning, and aligning more deeply with compassion. Read More
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How Mindfulness Teachers Can Build Brave Space
Mindful self-compassion teacher Steve Hickman offers advice for his fellow teachers to lovingly acknowledge the turbulence of their own hearts, and those of their students, during times where compassionate presence and action are needed more than ever. Read More
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A Compassion Practice for Healthcare Workers
In this guided loving-kindness meditation, Dr. Mark Bertin offers an opportunity to bring awareness to patterns of thinking, settle the mind, and dedicate a few minutes to self-care. Read More
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How to Bring More Peace and Presence to Family Life
Elisha Goldstein and Stefanie Goldstein offer seven ways you can strengthen your family’s bonds using mindfulness. Read More
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How Your Brain Creates Your Sense of Self
Our powerful brains allow us to imagine and evaluate different scenarios in the past and future. But when we shift our attention to the present, our minds can quiet down. Read More
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The Power of Forgiveness During Shelter in Place
More time at home may be an opportunity to connect with loved ones—or it could bring up emotional wounds that have yet to be healed. Here are three mindful practices to forgive ourselves and others. Read More
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Being Gentle with Your Feelings In Lockdown
When the enforced togetherness of quarantine starts to feel a little too close for comfort, reach for this five-step practice to find your grace under pressure. Read More
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