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We’re living in Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous times. Neuroscientist Amishi Jha explains ten ways your brain reacts—and how mindfulness can help you survive, and even thrive. Read more

Explore this guided practice to calm your mind, notice sensations in the body, and bring awareness to the present moment. Read more

Explore this guided meditation focused on allowing ourselves to settle in the present moment. Read more

Allow stressed and fearful emotions to dissipate with this calming, guided practice. Read more

Sharon Salzberg shares this practice for strengthening your ability to concentrate so you can empower yourself to stop wasting energy and attention. Read more

What we attend to creates our lives—attention is the most essential human resource, fundamental to our lives, to our relationships, and our quality of work. Read more

The sequence of events in this practice are: focus, sustain attention, notice, and redirect attention back to the breath when it wanders. This is what we might call a "push-up" for your attention. Read more

You know by now you should avoid touching your face. Here’s how mindfulness can help with that. Read more

Steven Hickman, Psy.D., executive director of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, offers this timely perspective on managing our new virtual reality. Read more

By taking simple, mindful breaks, we can become more aware of our thoughts, emotions, and habits, which brings the clarity we need in order to choose how we spend our days. Read more