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Without being able to recognize your feelings, you can’t control them. This inevitably effects your disposition—and output—at work.

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WholeSchool Mindfulness director Carrington Kernodle Epperson offers a guided visualization meditation to restore and recenter.

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A 20-minute breathing meditation to label thoughts, sensations, and mental states with kind awareness to bring mindfulness to emotions.

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Practicing gratitude has incredible effects, from improving our mental health to boosting our relationships with others. Explore ways you can be more appreciative in our mindful guide to gratitude.

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Learning to love ourselves and others when our expectations aren’t being met is hard, but with practice we can open our hearts and learn to love what’s challenging.

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Ashely Williams leads a guided practice to check in with your mind, body, heart, energy, and emotions.

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This guided walking meditation from Kazumi Igus offers an opportunity to slow down and notice the wonder of the natural world in our urban environments.

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Research shows that intellectual humility can offer far-reaching benefits for both individuals and our society as a whole. Leaders in mindfulness and research break down the science of overcoming confirmation bias and the self-work that can open us up to new perspectives, productive collaboration, and compassion.

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Mindfulness teachers Vidyamala Burch, Brother Ngộ "Freedom" Không, Shauna Shapiro, and Shamash Alidina answer questions about how mindfulness can support well-being.

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Today, September 12, is the second annual mindfulness day. How will you celebrate? Here are some tips and ways to participate online. 

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A conversation with mindfulness teacher Andrew Safer about designing and leading a program to help people safely navigate and reduce suicidal thoughts.

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Mindful partnered with WholeSchool Mindfulness to create a special collection of guided meditations designed to support young people in finding more calm, compassion, and joy in daily life.

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Every day offers opportunities to fully embrace the present moment and live life from a place of connection.

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Curiosity is a helpful tool for engaging with our embodied experience, including emotions like sadness, anxiety, or any other unpleasant emotion. Explore this simple exercise to help you shift your attitude toward what you’re feeling.

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When we’re attached to a specific outcome, ideal, or metric, we limit our ability to see the big picture. Try these six science-backed ways to open up to more clarity and self-compassion.

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Once writer and health researcher Misty Pratt stopped fighting nature, she was able to see its beauty, and how she is connected to it.

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When you don’t know what makes you happy, you can end up chasing illusions that only make you suffer. The secret to discovering happiness might be closer than you think.

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Drawing from his acclaimed course "ACT for Beginners," Shamash will lead you through the six flexibility skills of the ACT process, using the acronym ACTION.

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Chelsea Fuss explores how the art of gathering wildflowers lets us embrace openness, presence, and imagination, all while feeling more at home in our corner of the world.

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Learn how to interrupt automatic reactions to anxiety while fostering inner peace and self-awareness with 10 key mindful attitudes.

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Discover how engaging in challenging yet meaningful activities can lead to a more fulfilling life. Psychologist Diana Hill shares six strategies to help you lean into discomfort, cultivate resilience, and expand your flexibility.

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Many leaders focus on having the right answers, but success is more about asking the right questions.

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According to Dacher Keltner, there are important evolutionary reasons: It's good for our minds, bodies, and social connections.

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Explore how integrating hindsight and foresight into your mindfulness practice unlocks resilience, open-mindedness, and a richer understanding of what it means to be human.

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Sufficient sleep heals our bodies and minds, but for many reasons sleep doesn’t always come easily. Mindfulness practices and habits can help us fall asleep and stay asleep. Consult our guide to find tips for meditation, movement, and mindfulness practices to ease into sleep.

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When we’re “up in our head,” we are navigating the world with only part of ourselves—losing track of the body and of the present moment. Willa Blythe Baker explores the emerging science of embodiment and offers four lessons that arise when we tune in to the intelligence of our body.

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Bias is a natural human tendency that can be both helpful and harmful. While biases serve as shortcuts for quick decision-making, they can also lead to prejudice and hinder personal growth. By learning how to recognize our biases, we can strive for a more balanced outlook.

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When we embrace the fact that failure is a natural part of being human, we may stumble onto a sense of simple joy that is the pinnacle of achievement.

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Loneliness and social isolation are taking a toll on our well-being, but we have the power to combat them. Discover the science-backed strategies to create meaningful connections and thrive in an increasingly disconnected society.

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When we rest our attention on what we’re seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, or hearing, we can begin to ground ourselves and feel fully present.

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Finding “easy speed” in the pool helped writer and meditation teacher Kelly Barron heal the wound of overachieving and stay loose in the face of resistance.

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