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We are not immune from burnout here at Mindful. It takes constant communication for our small but mighty team to feel supported, balanced, fair, healthy—to create the psychological safety necessary for all of us to show up, make mistakes, fix them… a

Call the Gratitude Circle Hotline for three choices: Listen to the message of the day, leave a message thanking a frontline worker, or text a message of gratitude. With your choice, you can savor a moment of gratitude and share it through messages di

Q I know I need to rest—but I’m so stressed out I can’t manage to relax. How can I access the kind of relaxation that will allow me to actually rest and release stress? A Stress, trauma, and tension can hamper our ability to rest and relax. Relaxatio

Libraries are community hubs, alive with curious readers and researchers, storytelling, and curated workshop programming. The Library of Things takes community services found in libraries one step further. With locations throughout the United Kingdom

Currently, 92% of the English countryside is inaccessible to the public. Reviving an ancient custom of wandering freely, the Right to Roam campaign seeks change through music, picnics, and joy. Campaigners promote responsible stewardship of the land

If you find yourself struggling to start or keep up a meditation practice, you’re not alone. Although the instructions for basic mindfulness meditation are simple (pay attention to your breathing in and out; when your mind wanders, notice that and ge

When it comes to health behaviors, research consistently shows that social support and watching other people do what we want to do helps us integrate it into our own lives. Although it’s tempting to practice in isolation using the variety of smartpho

First-generation mindfulness interventions, for the most part based on MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), are designed to improve personal well-being and help individuals feel grounded, even in chaotic circumstances. But it’s “quite medieval,

The silence was crushing. I could hear loud screaming and realized it was coming from inside my head. A friend (?) had signed me up for a mindfulness retreat to help me find some peace. Mostly what I noticed was the not-so-peaceful thought: If the pe

You click out of Netflix after watching a whole season of a show, only to realize how late it is and that you have to go to work the next day. What happened to the time? Many aspects of technology hijack our attention so that we become disconnected f

Paulus could, at a minimum, be described as quirky, though some would say he was wildly eccentric. No cell phone. No email account. Making clay pinch pots that he returned to the Earth instead of firing and selling, Paulus was a pipe-smoking, barefoo

STEPHANIE DOMET: What makes this the right time for this book—what feels urgent? CAVERLY MORGAN: I don’t think I’m just projecting onto others when I recognize that in myself there was a type of turbulence that didn’t let me move through the world on

Just imagine for a moment a room full of politicians from opposing government parties, sitting in the same room together, in silence, meditating. It’s hard to fathom such a vision in a time of worldwide political upheaval, punctuated by war, social m

Fire has four stages: ignition, growth, full development, and decay. Sometimes fires are cleansing, creating fertile ground for new growth. And sometimes fires consume everything in their path until they run out of heat, fuel…oxygen. If the latter so

The present moment is where togetherness, play, and fun live. Choosing to be present allows us to offer genuine care for our friends, family, and coworkers, while also helping us be receptive to others’ compassion—a virtuous cycle that refills our cu

A beautiful thing about mindfulness is how it comes alive in community. Our own practice ripples out in countless ways to benefit the people and beings around us, empowering us to speak and act from a place of generosity, understanding, and knowing o