Compassion
The Benefits of Taking Your Time
Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce explores how alternative ways of measuring time can help us find more ease and acceptance in daily life. Read More 
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Compassion
What Happens If We Drop Our Illusions?
We’re often focused on our own “screenplay of how great things are,” writes Barry Boyce. But if we can let go of the narratives we think we need, we can see people as they are. Read More
Compassion
How COVID Reminded Me We’re All Connected
Founding editor Barry Boyce delves into the ever-present balance between personal independence and our natural interdependence, two ways of seeing that touch every aspect of our lives. Read More
Compassion
What We Bring to the Table
Partaking in good food and good ideas is a long-held human tradition we shouldn’t underestimate, writes founding editor Barry Boyce. Read More
Compassion
What is Possible When We Put Down Our Screens
Our devices bring us live-tweeting of important events, video footage of daily life on the other side of the world, and photos of our friends from near and far, but the real magic happens when we put the screens down, writes founding editor Barry Boyce. Read More
Compassion
Honesty: The Often Missing Ingredient in Community
Even tight-knit, caring groups of people can be susceptible to cliquiness and even cruelty. Founding editor Barry Boyce considers what we can all do to hold each other accountable. Read More
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Why Meditation is a Practice of Liberation
Talking with meditation teacher Ericka Philips, founding editor Barry Boyce reflects on the shared history of Black Americans in journeying toward freedom. Read More
Calm
How 2020 Is Uncovering What Really Matters
Founding Editor Barry Boyce takes a look at how this turning point in history may turn us toward the strength we all have within and help us reimagine what is possible. Read More
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