Barry Boyce

Barry Boyce is Founding Editor of Mindful and Mindful.org. A longtime meditation practitioner and teacher—as well as a professional writer and editor— he is the editor of and a primary contributor to The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists, and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life. Barry also worked closely with Congressman Tim Ryan, as developmental editor, on A Mindful Nation and The Real Food Revolution. Barry serves on the board of directors of the Foundation for a Mindful Society and the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto as well as on the advisory board of Peace in Schools, in Portland, Oregon.

Using Mindfulness to Cope With Pain
When we become patients, we experience greater pain and limitation, but how we respond can make all the difference, says Susan Bauer-Wu. Barry Boyce reports. Read more
  • Jan 26,2022
  • Barry Boyce
Inaugural Voices
Mindful Publisher Jim Gimian and I travelled last week to the Inauguration ceremonies for President Obama as guests of Representative Tim Ryan, author of A Mindful Nation. (Jim and I helped Representative Ryan with the conception, shaping, and promoting of the book; in the second issue of Mindful, PBS NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni profiles […] Read more
  • Jul 12,2018
  • Barry Boyce
Thanks for the Stuff that Isn’t Just Stuff
Barry Boyce, Mindful's Editor-in-Chief, is thankful for people who remember what matters most, especially in trying circumstances.  Read more
  • Jun 9,2015
  • Barry Boyce
The Battle in the Brain
Of the multiplicity of amazing and not-at-all amazing features that appear on the web, my hands-down favorite is RSA Animate. It’s never failed to please me. In a nutshell, the Royal Society of Arts in London invites authors and innovators to give short talks on new and challenging thinking. The talks are then  given to […] Read more
  • Jun 24,2012
  • Barry Boyce
The field of contemplative studies: it’s “multigenerational”
David Whitehorn shares his impressions of the contemplative studies field with Barry Boyce, Mindful.org's editor-in-chief, in this recent interview. Read more
  • Jun 16,2015
  • Barry Boyce
The Digital World Connects
Barry Boyce talks to digital leader Soren Gordhamer, founder of the Wisdom 2.0 conference—taking place in February—about fostering connection in today's society.  Read more
  • Jun 15,2015
  • Barry Boyce
This Old, Ramshackle Heart
One of my brothers turned 65 the other day. He didn’t make a whole lot of it. He became eligible for Medicare; a friend bought him a really nice golf club; lots of family and friends called. But it hit me as a milestone. 65 is a special number. Some people still think of it […] Read more
  • Oct 25,2021
  • Barry Boyce
Veteran rocker rocking it for veterans
At the Hawn Foundation benefit for MindUP that I mentioned in my previous post, “Celebrating Goldie Hawn and MindUP,” I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Dave Mason. Mason was a pal of Jimi Hendrix and a rock legend in his own right as founder of the British band Traffic, which released in 1968 Mason’s […] Read more
  • Jun 11,2015
  • Barry Boyce
Celebrating Goldie Hawn and MindUP
What do Meryl Streep, Kyle Maclachlan, Kurt Russell, certain players from the worlds of Washington and Wall Street, and I all have in common? We all had the great honor to be together at the Metropolitan Club at New York’s Central Park late last month, celebrating Goldie Hawn’s work in trying to bring social and emotional learning […] Read more
  • Oct 25,2021
  • Barry Boyce
The Healing Power of Mindfulness
Mindfulness: what it does, how to do it, why it works—A discussion with a distinguished panel of experts. Read more
  • Jan 25,2022
  • Barry Boyce