☑️ How do you approach aging? Do you greet each birthday with a smile? Are you afraid of becoming a senior citizen? Maybe you don’t think about it at all. Old age is a long way off. ↓ No matter how old you are, it’s never too early to...
Read MoreThe Miracle Grow Breath Practice helps build confidence and was created by kids for kids (for ages 6 and up). ◊ ◊ I’ve been seeing an adorable nine-year-old boy, Max, in therapy sessions for about four years now. A sweet and sensitive child, he took to mindfulness almost immediately. His...
Read MoreDiscovering ways to adapt to what life throws at you makes you more able to cope. ↓ ↓ Resilience is the process of effectively coping with adversity—it’s about bouncing back from difficulties. The great thing about resilience is that it’s not a personality trait; it involves a way of...
Read MoreThe Mindful Editors sifted through mindfulness reads to offer up this short list of books. ↓ ↓ 1) THE POWER OF OFF The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World Nancy Colier (Sounds True) Having a universal communicator, satellite-driven locator, and encyclopedia of all knowledge everpresent at our fingertips is...
Read MoreA new study finds that rejection is less distressing to mindful people (and their brains). ↓ One of your best friends hosts a party without inviting you; your romantic partner seems oblivious to your attempts at conversation; work colleagues make important decisions behind your back. ↓ How long do...
Read More↓ …Even if you’re not outdoorsy. According to outdoor supplier REI, the average American spends 95 percent of their life inside. Most of us work, study, eat and enjoy leisure activities like watching movies, all in the climate-controlled indoors. Yet study after study has shown that being...
Read MoreTeaching children how to bounce back from adversity starts with modeling our own mistakes and how we forgive ourselves for them. This expert Q&A with Sharon Salzberg, Dr. Chris Willard, and Dr. Mark Bertin explores what it means to go through the muck instead of...
Read MoreScientists insist on talking about the brain while the rest of us talk about the mind. Sharon Begley sizes up the two sides of the mind/brain conversation. By Sharon Begley | July 28, 2018 ↓ Let’s try a little experiment. Using your right index finger, point to your brain. Now...
Read More↓ A new book unveils some ways to quiet your inner critic and combat social anxiety. ↓ By Jill Suttie | July 23, 2018 When you don’t feel comfortable in social situations, it can be a lonely world. ↓ Take my youngest son. Despite his intelligence, kindness, and great sense of humor, he’s...
Read MoreNew research suggests that thanking our partners for supporting us through hardship may increase their joy and satisfaction in giving. By Jill Suttie | July 21, 2018 When my best friend went through multiple surgeries and dislocations following a botched hip replacement, she was in near-constant pain. Her husband...
Read MoreThe host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood taught kids critical emotional and social skills that are still relevant to adults today. Fred McFeely Rogers was a shy, somewhat awkward, and sometimes bullied child growing up in the 1930s. After going to college for what he called his “first language”—music—he...
Read MoreWe cannot force ourselves to move on from a painful situation — expecting forgiveness to be quick and voluntary can have negative effects. Explore this mindfulness practice for creating space for ourselves to forgive. ↓ ↓ We’ve all heard the idiom “forgive and forget,” as if processing pain...
Read MoreLots of research tells us what the best habits are around sleep, but if we are trying too hard day and night, rest may not come easily. ↓ By Mark Bertin | July 11, 2018 Are you getting enough sleep? If you’re like many of us, your answer is no....
Read MoreHabits are key to achieving your goals—but only if you don’t get tired of them, research suggests. ↓ By Caroline Benner | July 10, 2018 ↓ ↓ Along the Pacific Crest Trail, hikers who set out to complete the entire 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada are especially vulnerable to quitting at...
Read MoreThe Mindful Editors offer up a list of books for your summer reading pleasure: Plus 5 mindful podcasts and videos worthy of your time. By Mindful Staff | June, 2018 ↓ 1) ATTENDING Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity Ronald Epstein, MD • Scribner A family physician and a professor at the University of Rochester School...
Read More3 popular breathing methods to use while running. Try each one and pick your favorite. ↓ “In addition to keeping the body relaxed and tall (imagine your head being pulled gently aloft by a sky-high rope), and letting deep, controlled nasal breaths dictate the pace, the mechanics...
Read More↓ Holding on to hurt feelings limits your ability to be present. Move past resentment and anger by learning to forgive yourself first. Left to their own devices, our inner narratives or personal stories can easily lead us down a path of reactivity: we start blaming and shaming, and...
Read More↓ An excerpt from Grateful Exit: How to Advocate Effectively, Take Care of Yourself, and Be Present for the Death of a Loved One. ↓ Even with all the advances of medicine, no matter how far we advance scientifically, life is terminal. There is a limit to this life,...
Read MoreIn her best-selling book, Minding Mum, Alison Canavan explores what self-care means when you’re a mother, and what she’s discovered about being healthy. Take a glimpse at Mindful's featured story in the June issue. ↓ ↓ At 15, Dubliner and self-described tomboy Alison Canavan was entered into a modeling competition by...
Read MoreA mindful relationship with our phones is the key to balancing in-person interactions and online activity. Here are six ways to limit screen time in order to be more present in our real-world relationships. By Tchiki Davis | April 2018 ↓ By 2016, 77 percent of U.S. adults owned a smartphone....
Read MoreExplore how mindfulness can help you enjoy your family time instead of being anxious or easily provoked by your children into unhelpful reactions. ↓ ↓ Mindfulness is a natural capacity we all have for being aware of what’s happening in the present moment. That sounds simple, but many parents find...
Read MoreChildren learn more from what you do than what you say, so your resilience—the way they watch you approach adversity—affects theirs. Explore these mindful strategies for building awareness around challenging experiences. Imagine two equally talented graduates at their first jobs. Within a year, downsizing gets them both laid...
Read MoreHarvard research reveals how going on vacation, especially if you meditate while you're on vacation, restores your body and mind on a genetic level. If a true vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it, then not many of us can say...
Read MoreHow to stop tossing and turning and get some quality shut-eye. ♥ By Shelby Freedman Harris | March 5-2018 ↓ As someone who works every day with patients struggling with insomnia, the most common thing I hear is once the head hits the pillow, the brain doesn’t stop. They know sleep...
Read MoreWhen we tap into feelings of joy and happiness in good moments — like savoring delicious food — it helps us build resilience and emotional strength during challenging times. ↓ By Megrette Fletcher | February 20, 2018 ↓ ↓ Do you want to be happy? I know I want to be happy...
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