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.

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.

Gratitude Journal

A YEAR OF MINDFUL MAGAZINE • A Mindfulness Guide for Complex Times

Turn Toward Gratitude

A Habit Worth Creating • Gratitude practice is a celebration: not just of what we have, but of everything that shapes and connects us all.

MIND • Gratitude nourishes mental health by counteracting our negativity bias and offering a wider perspective.

Cup Half Full? • By cultivating gratitude, you give your mind a powerful tool for emphasizing the good, suffusing your life with a greater sense of well-being.

Living Large • Taking the time to appreciate little moments of beauty and connection can transform our lives—and our relationship with the world—one small encounter at a time.

Zero In On Gratitude • By cultivating the ability to notice what arises in our field of awareness—pleasant or unpleasant—with sustained attention, we lay the foundation to experience genuine gratitude more easily and often.

Tune In to the Nature of Your Mind • We can’t stop thoughts from arising but we can stop getting lost in them. Here we can see our views, our thoughts, our worries, as only one part of a much larger story.

Welcome Gratitude • Counteract your brain’s negativity bias by using this practice to open a doorway in your heart for receiving gratitude and happiness.

BODY • We hold our histories in our bodies. Gratitude practices help us tune in to this inner knowing and make choices that support vibrant health.

Cure What Ails You • The benefits of feeling thankful go well beyond improving your mood—research suggests gratitude can actually have a positive effect on your physical health.

Joy Is Not Trivial • A reflection on why joy matters, how it lifts us in good times and during challenges, and a practice to recognize what gets you through hardship.

Listen to Your Heart • Take your energy back from painful emotions by sending your own heart a message of deep love.

Savor Your Senses • This five-minute mindfulness practice cultivates gratitude for life’s small delights as you move through your senses.

Reconnect to Your Body • Embodied awareness is a way for us to connect to the present moment by using the body, the breath, or any other sensory experience to ground ourselves.

Let Your Body Rest • Take a restorative moment to release tension and feel deeply into gratitude for your hard-working body.

CONNECTION • When we bring gratitude into our relationships, we create close, supportive, and resilient bonds with those we love.

Nurtured By Love • Most of us realize that a lack of appreciation for your friends, family, or romantic partner is a surefire way to weaken those relationships. Read on to find out what gratitude can do to fortify these close connections.

No, Your Soulmate Isn’t Perfect • Contentment in a relationship comes from looking for what you’re grateful for in your mate, not the ways you think they fall short.

Grateful On the Job • Six go-to tips to help inspire an ethos of gratitude in your workplace.

Cultivate Embodied Gratitude • This practice infuses the body with a sense of gratitude, which can then overflow as appreciation for the people in our lives.

Strengthen Your Love • Explore this mindfulness practice for keeping the lines of communication open and maintaining a deep, loving connection.

COMMUNITY • Widen your gratitude practice...