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Anxiety

10 Mindfulness Books You’ll Want to Read This Fall 

Dive into an emotion-centered approach to the climate crisis, a delicious guide to mindful cooking, the embodied science of anxiety, and much more in these new books and podcasts. Read More 

  • Amber Tucker, Ava Whitney-Coulter, Stephanie Domet, Barry Boyce, and Kylee Ross
  • September 8, 2022
Why Our Brains are Designed to Forget—Illustration of a white face with the back of it going through a shredder with a dark blue background with three yellow stars.
Focus

Why Our Brains Are Designed to Forget 

While many of us yearn to sharpen our memory, the science of sleep shows that, in fact, our brains are designed to forget—a process that unlocks the mind’s capacity to dream and think in creative ways. Read More 

  • Scott A. Small
  • July 28, 2022
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Calm

It Matters Why You Meditate 

Research suggests that the way you view your emotional and psychological life may influence your reasons for meditating, and how much benefit you get from the practice. Read More 

  • Mara Gulens
  • July 14, 2022
The Power of Leading with Appreciative Joy - Image of three wooden blocks on a blue background with facial expression drawn on them. A hand holds a magnifying glass over the one with a happy face.
Focus

The Power of Leading with Appreciative Joy 

It’s not always easy to show up with genuine happiness and gratitude, especially when we’re facing personal or organizational challenges. That’s why appreciative joy is powerful: By seeing the good even in adversity, we gain a balanced perspective, harmony, and resilience. Read More 

  • Shalini Bahl
  • July 6, 2022
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12 Minute Meditation

Try This Guided Meditation as a Mindful Writing Prompt 

The invitation is to connect with your senses in a real or imagined setting. What do you hear? What do you smell? Note the emotional content of the space. And when you’re done, take what you learned to the page in whatever way suits you. Read More 

  • Stephanie Domet
  • April 5, 2022
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