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• Calming Hands: A Mindfulness Practice for Kids to Ease Difficult Emotions

  27-03-2025 19:12 via mindful.org
  
  
  Try this creative, calming mindfulness practice for kids and families, designed to help ease difficult emotions and manage stress.The post Calming Hands: A Mindfulness Practice for Kids to Ease Difficult Emotions appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• Wellness Washing and the Rise of Mandated Mindfulness

  12-12-2025 09:30 via mindful.org
  On the surface, it might seem like requiring mindfulness in schools is a great idea. But are there potential downsides? Alex Tzelnic explores what mandated mindfulness might be missing, and how we can make it truly beneficial for students and teachers.
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• Join the Mindful30 Challenge!

  11-12-2025 22:32 via mindful.org
  Experience the power of mindfulness by joining the Mindful30 Challenge – an online meditation event hosted by Mindful in support of mindfulness programs for schoolchildren across the country.
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• A Meditation for Easing Pain and Inviting Joy

  10-12-2025 00:45 via mindful.org
  This week, mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares a tender meditation for those in the middle of pain.
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• Are We Wired to Want Stuff?

  05-12-2025 21:07 via mindful.org
  Neuroscience can explain why your kids have the holiday gimmees.
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• What Unexpected Chronic Back Pain Taught Me: 4 Takeaways That Matter

  05-12-2025 18:56 via mindful.org
  Mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares how sudden-onset back pain turned her life upside-down, and what she discovered on the long journey towards healing.
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• Get It Done With Mindfulness: How to Be Productive with Attention, Kindness, and Wisdom

  03-12-2025 20:26 via mindful.org
  Teacher Kimberly Brown explores how mindfulness practices can help us let go of anxious striving, and allow a more natural productivity to arise.The post Get It Done With Mindfulness: How to Be Productive with Attention, Kindness, and Wisdom appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• Busy Times, or Anytime: Nine Ways Mindfulness Reduces Stress

  02-12-2025 16:50 via mindful.org
  You've probably heard that mindfulness reduces stress levels. But how does it help? Shamash Alidina shares the research—plus, a meditation you can turn to anytime.
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• Attention! How Mindfulness Training Is Helping People Reclaim Their Ability to Focus

  29-11-2025 00:17 via mindful.org
  In 2025, mindfulness teacher Andrew Safer tracked the effects of attention training for workshop participants with ADHD. What he learned has implications for all of us.
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• Thanks for the Stuff that Isn’t Just Stuff and Gratitude for What Matters Most

  26-11-2025 00:15 via mindful.org
  Barry Boyce, Mindful's founder, reflects on the ravages of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and is thankful for people who remember what matters most, especially in trying circumstances. 
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• A Meditation for Working With Our Self-Judging Voice

  25-11-2025 20:09 via mindful.org
  A guided meditation to get familiar with our self-judging voice and how we relate to our flaws, so that we can cultivate compassion and recognize our own worthiness.The post A Meditation for Working With Our Self-Judging Voice appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• Thanksgiving All Year Long: 5 Simple Gratitude Practices for Daily Life

  24-11-2025 18:03 via mindful.org
  
  
  Explore a collection of meditations to help you appreciate moments of beauty and connection.
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• Workplace Wellbeing in This Digital Age: Mindful Guidance for Digital Fatigue and Burnout

  21-11-2025 09:01 via mindful.org
  Mindful tech expert Dr. Kerry Crofton shares a Mindful Tech Plan that targets daily screen-related stress, and a Nature Remedy that can counter burnout, improve workplace wellbeing, and recharge our batteries.
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• Henna as Mindfulness: A Creative Practice for Calm and Connection

  20-11-2025 00:22 via mindful.org
  In this practice, mindful teacher Rose Felix Cratsley invites kids and caregivers to explore henna as an art form and as a gentle mindfulness activity that nurtures stillness, creativity, and cultural appreciation.
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• A Guided Meditation to Foster Forgiveness and Let Go of Added Suffering

  18-11-2025 18:47 via mindful.org
  Explore this mindfulness practice to foster forgiveness and let go of the tendency to add to suffering during challenging situations.The post A Guided Meditation to Foster Forgiveness and Let Go of Added Suffering appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• How to Beat Creative Blocks at Work

  13-11-2025 20:36 via mindful.org
  Hit a wall at work? This quick video shares one piece of advice to help you beat creative blocks and generate fresh ideas.The post How to Beat Creative Blocks at Work appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• A 12-Minute Meditation to Meet the Body In Pain

  12-11-2025 16:46 via mindful.org
  This week, Christiane Wolf offers a guided practice to meet your own body in pain and relieve that sense of isolation by internally connecting with others who understand your experience.The post A 12-Minute Meditation to Meet the Body In Pain appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• Why Mindfulness Helps Us Feel Good About Helping

  10-11-2025 21:11 via mindful.org
  A study looks at mindful qualities like present-moment attention and how helping with mindfulness makes us feel good.
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• Mindfulness Practices to Get Back in Touch with Your Body

  07-11-2025 23:30 via mindful.org
  Shift from a "fix it" mindset to more kindness and acceptance with these practices to get back in touch with your body.
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• A 12-Minute Meditation to Get Curious About Your Cravings 

  04-11-2025 17:35 via mindful.org
  This guided meditation helps you get curious about your cravings so you can break free from unhealthy habits.
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• A 12-Minute A Meditation to Get Curious About Your Cravings 

  04-11-2025 17:35 via mindful.org
  This guided meditation helps your get curious about your cravings so you can break free from unhealthy habits.
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• Where To Start When There Is So Much Suffering

  31-10-2025 18:52 via mindful.org
  When everything feels like it’s in total chaos, it can be difficult to know where to even begin addressing the overwhelm. Wendy O’Leary offers tender and practical wisdom for facing personal and collective suffering, starting with self-compassion.The post Where To Start When There Is So Much Suffering appeared first on Mindful.
  
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• A 12 Minute Meditation on Our Relationship to Thoughts

  28-10-2025 20:57 via mindful.org
  Meditation teacher Vinny Ferraro offers a practice to notice our relationship to thoughts: to see them clearly as they arise, gently note them, and return to the breath and body.
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• Facing Our Fears: Why We Shouldn’t Sanitize Halloween

  28-10-2025 19:26 via mindful.org
  How boldly should we be facing our fears? One mindful parent’s attempt to balance the lure of gore and guts with her children’s need to experiment safely with fear.
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• The Self-Improvement Trap: Can You Let Go of the Results from Mindfulness?

  28-10-2025 00:45 via mindful.org
  The results from mindfulness are real, but fixating on self-improvement and how well we're doing isn't the goal.
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• What’s Different About Mindfulness for Men?

  27-10-2025 18:59 via mindful.org
  Former Mindful editor Amber Tucker speaks with Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider from Men Talking Mindfulness to discuss how mindfulness can meet the unique challenges men are facing today, and why it’s more important than ever.
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• A 12-Minute Meditation to Rewire Your Brain for Optimism

  21-10-2025 18:53 via mindful.org
  This guided gratitude practice can help us open up to optimism, joy, and genuine appreciation, even when things don't go according to plan.
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• Peace Begins With Me: A 12-Minute Meditation

  15-10-2025 19:40 via mindful.org
  Taking a moment to pause can enable us to move in the direction of suffering, to work, and to alleviate it, with wisdom and compassion.
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• Peace Begins With Me: A Meditation for When You Feel Overwhelmed By Negative Thoughts

  13-10-2025 12:00 via mindful.org
  
  
  When the world feels uncertain, it's easy to get overwhelmed by negative thoughts. Rhonda Magee shares a practice to remind us that there is wisdom and compassion in pausing before we act.
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• 12-Minute Meditation: A Grounding Practice to Create Space in a Storm of Emotions

  19-08-2025 19:01 via mindful.org
  If you feel caught up in difficult emotions and are looking for gentle guidance to find a settled space again, this week’s grounding meditation is just for you.The post 12-Minute Meditation: A Grounding Practice to Create Space in a Storm of Emotions appeared first on Mindful.
  
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