Mindful https://www.mindful.org/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:26:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-48x48.png Mindful https://www.mindful.org/ 32 32 How to Shift Mental Gears: 10 Ways to Build Resilience https://www.mindful.org/building-resilience-shift-mental-gears/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:26:48 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=15546 If we view challenges as stressful setbacks, there's an opportunity to shift our perspective and grow from our experiences.

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]]> Jeneé Johnson: Build Resilience by Staying in the Moment https://www.mindful.org/build-resilience-by-staying-in-the-moment/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:10:19 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=53081 Jenée Johnson leads a practice to foster returning to ourselves whenever our mind wanders.

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]]> The Predictive Shadow https://www.mindful.org/the-predictive-shadow/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=668025 Our brains are prediction machines trying to keep us safe. But over time, we can wind up habitually choosing the relative safety of assumption over the risk of uncertainty. Mindful contributor Cathering Swett examines how we can work more skillfully with what she calls the predictive shadow, so we can keep the awareness without sacrificing vital connection.

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]]> The Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness https://www.mindful.org/the-breathscape-practice-for-cultivating-mindfulness/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:43:23 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=25231 A 20-minute meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn to allow you to tap into your capacity to be in touch with your experience, and be awake and aware with no agenda other than to be awake and aware.

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]]> 7 Simple Techniques for Releasing Tension from Fingertips to Palms https://www.mindful.org/7-simple-techniques-for-releasing-tension-from-fingertips-to-palms/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:53:07 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=667998 Our hands carry, fold, type, hold, grasp, and steady us all day long. Try these mindful techniques for releasing tension when your hands and wrists need a little extra TLC.

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]]> A 12-Minute Body Scan Meditation for Letting Go of Stress and Falling Asleep https://www.mindful.org/a-12-minute-body-scan-meditation-for-letting-go-of-stress-and-falling-asleep/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:45:05 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=636953 This week, Kelly Boys leads us in a body scan meditation to let go of stress we may be holding in our bodies so we can surrender into rest.

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]]> Do Something That Is Not Nothing https://www.mindful.org/do-something-that-is-not-nothing-to-form-a-new-health-habit/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:31:19 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=667960 If you’ve been struggling to make a new health habit stick—the solution might be easier (and shorter) than you think.

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]]> A Meditation to Help Build Your Capacity to Navigate Difficulty https://www.mindful.org/building-your-capacity-to-navigate-difficulty/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:14:14 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=40676 In this extended mindfulness practice, Rich Fernandez walks us through a process to hone our capacity to shift, to take perspective, and in some ways, to subtract ourselves from our experiences, which can help us be in wise relationship as we navigate difficulty.

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]]> Before Fidget Toys, There Were Beads: The Latest Craze is Part of a Long Tradition of Keeping Your Hands Busy https://www.mindful.org/before-fidget-toys-there-were-beads-the-latest-craze-is-part-of-a-long-tradition-of-keeping-your-hands-busy/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:37:55 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=667905 While fidget toys and other attention-focusing gadgets are now a multi-billion-dollar industry, they are also part of a long mindfulness tradition. Author and educator Alex Tzelnic explores the history and science behind using intentional, focused activity to direct attention and calm the mind.

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]]> Why Imagination—Not Resilience—Might Help You Heal From Heartbreak https://www.mindful.org/why-imagination-not-resilience-might-help-you-heal-from-heartbreak/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:11:14 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=46019 There are some kinds of loss we don’t just bounce back from. Instead, we enter what some grief experts call Life Two. To get there, we’re going to need imagination.

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