Focus
How Your Phone Can Teach You Mindfulness
Every time you feel the urge to check your phone is an opportunity to pause, get curious about your experience, and practice present-moment awareness. Read More 
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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
Calm
How to Bring Mindfulness to Your Digital Life
Meditator and tech researcher Dan Nixon offers three practical ways to be more present and purposeful when it comes to our technology and social media. Read More
Calm
How I Unplug From Social Media in One Second
Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet explains how she reclaimed ninety minutes a week from mindlessly scrolling through social media. Her secret: being reminded to take a deep breath. Read More
Calm
Can Tech Work for the Greater Good?
As tech industry leaders take steps to protect people from online platforms, founding editor Barry Boyce considers our responsibility as both consumers and meditators. Read More
Calm
Kind Communication Is Easier Than You THINK
Chris Willard shares a few useful mnemonics that help us stay on course with speaking and communicating mindfully. Read More
Calm
How to Use Social Media Wisely and Mindfully
It's time to be clear about how social media affects our relationships and well-being—and what our intentions are each time we log on. Read More
Compassion
What is Your Phone Doing to Your Relationships?
New research is exploring how phubbing—ignoring someone in favor of our mobile phone—hurts our relationships, and what we can do about it. Read More
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