The Real Mindful Podcast

Conversations with mindfulness leaders, teachers, and visionaries, offering new perspectives and expert insight into living mindfully.

Real Mindful Podcast

Join the editors at Mindful as they explore how mindfulness affects everyday life, in ways ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary. Featuring conversations with mindfulness leaders, Real Mindful lifts up new perspectives and offers expert insight into living mindfully.

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Compassion

Responding to the Pandemic From the Heart 

The Nurse Antigone is a play by nurses for nurses that offers compassionate space for our frontline healthcare workers to engage with the challenges they’ve faced during the pandemic. In this episode of the Real Mindful podcast, managing editor Stephanie Domet catches up with the event organizers. Read More

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Real Mindful Podcast

Lean Into Love
Compassion

Lean In to Love with Frank Ostaseski 

In this conversation with founding editor Barry Boyce, Frank Ostaseski opens up about the changes he experienced after suffering from a serious stroke and shares how he found strength and refuge in love, compassion, and curiosity. Read More 

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  • January 20, 2022
Find Your Focus with Amishi Jha
Focus

Find Your Focus with Amishi Jha 

Amishi Jha and Mindful managing editor Stephanie Domet discuss the brain science of attention, how mindfulness meditation helps hone focus, and why our brains are so distractible in the first place. Read More 

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  • December 9, 2021
How Stories Shape Us with Barry Boyce
Compassion

How Stories Shape Us with Barry Boyce 

Managing editor Stephanie Domet is joined by founding editor Barry Boyce for a personal conversation about stories and storytelling—a topic that has always been a pillar in both of their careers. Read More 

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  • November 11, 2021
In Awe of All Our Relations with Barry Boyce
Relationships

In Awe of All Our Relations with Barry Boyce 

In this rich conversation, founding editor Barry Boyce shares what he learned about awe, our relationship with nature, and each other while visiting the National Museum of the American Indian. Read More 

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  • October 14, 2021
Liberating Masculinity With Edward M. Adams and Ed Frauenheim—Illustration of a middle-aged white man and a Black boy sitting on a carpet reading a book.
Audio

Liberating Masculinity With Edward M. Adams and Ed Frauenheim 

How mindfulness helps to cultivate self-awareness, courage, and vulnerability that can help men live more full, connected lives. The authors of Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection join Mindful senior editor Amber Tucker in conversation. Read More 

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  • September 9, 2021
Barry Boyce on Bridging our Differences—Illustration of five people holding hands with their arms in the air and facing away from the viewer. They are wearing yellow, blue, and pink colors, and in the background is blue and pink abstract art with some plants over a white background.
Relationships

Barry Boyce on Bridging our Differences 

Founding editor Barry Boyce talks with managing editor Stephanie Domet about how and why we sort ourselves into groups. How mindful awareness can help us navigate the habits and patterns that arise in our in-groups, the refreshing value of encountering other perspectives, and the beauty of encouragement. Read More 

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  • August 26, 2021

Ruth King on Planting Seeds for the Future 

Teacher, author, and trained clinical psychologist Ruth King talks with Mindful managing editor Stephanie Domet about how her mindfulness practice helps her navigate rocky terrain, while looking toward the future. Read More 

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  • August 12, 2021

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Mindful Staff

Mindful Staff editors work on behalf of Mindful magazine and Mindful.org to write, edit and curate the best insights, information, and inspiration to help us all live more mindfully.