Mindful

Mindful is the groundbreaking new magazine dedicated to helping you live mindfully. The simple practice of being in the moment brings out the best in who you are.

Include Yourself in Your Circle of Care

Welcome to mindful • We are dedicated to inspiring and guiding anyone who wants to explore mindfulness to enjoy better health, more caring relationships, and a more compassionate society.

Mindful

Human-to-Human • Mindful readers share how they connect with themselves and their communities.

TOP OF mind • Keep up with the latest in the world of mindfulness.

ACTS OF kindness

Research News • Research gathered from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Southern California, and others

Offering Shelter From the Storm

beginner's MIND

Trust Your Heart

“BEFORE TIMES”

Playing with A FULL DECK • Card games have been around since the 9th century, enjoyed by mystics and magicians, homebodies and high rollers alike. Here are three ways cards games have been mindfully reimagined to be more inclusive, relational, and healing.

MINDFUL OR MINDLESS? • Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not

THE BIG PICTURE • Our bodies are a process, not a product.

CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP • As opioid addiction rates climb, a mindfulness-based therapy helps chronic pain patients by opening up space for acceptance and curiosity.

Lay Your Burden DOWN • Feeling unwell can be hard work sometimes—and that might be a sign that it’s time to stop trying so hard. Taking the mindful path means making room for suffering, too.

3 Ways to Be Kind to Yourself When You’re Feeling Blue

How Your Brain Falls FOR THE WRONG IDEAS • Our own cognitive biases, combined with a fast-paced chaotic environment, wears down our ability to discern false narratives from facts. Amishi Jha explains the science behind what it takes to shift away from divisiveness and boost your brain’s resilience.

In Our Nature • The natural world and its processes have much to teach us about the flexibility creativity, and resilience that’s already within us, just waiting to unfurl.

Invite Nature Into Your Life

Sense the Benefits of Nature • Tuning in to your five senses can help you experience and benefit from the bounty that nature offers—no matter where you live.

MEET THE MOMENT • WOMEN LEADERS OF MINDFULNESS

Trust the Intelligence of Your Emotions

Stretch Outside of Your Boxes

Remember Your History

Heal Yourself First

Show Up with Kindness

Slow Down to Wake Up

Acknowledge the Fear of Giving Birth

Care for Our Healthcare Workers

Ignore the Skeptics

Honor the Sorrowful Parts of Yourself

THIS IS WHAT FIERCE SELF - COMPASSION LOOKS LIKE • Authentic self-compassion is empowering, and practicing it can help create the change we need.

plant the seeds for a calmer mind • Our automatic reactions are the result of unexamined habits buried deep in our bodies. Even anxiety can become a habit. Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Judson Brewer says that mindfulness and curiosity can help us weed out unhelpful habits and create the space for well-being to flourish.

How I Interrupt My Worst Habit Loop • I’m a “fixer.” Here’s how mindfulness helps me choose to listen instead of fix.

Why Does My Anxiety Keep Coming Back? • Sometimes willpower and reframing aren’t enough to break a habit. Here’s why anxiety keeps pulling our strings, and how we can break the cycle.

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PODCAST reviews

TUNE IN TO mindful • Visit mindful.org for featured meditations from Diana Winston, Sharon Salzberg, and Boo Boafo

WHEN HONESTY IS INTIMATE