Mindful

Mindful is the groundbreaking new magazine dedicated to helping you live mindfully. The simple practice of being in the moment brings out the best in who you are.

Don’t Be So Sure

Like Body, Like Mind • Answers from our reader survey on the mind–body connection

Top of Mind • Things that spark our minds, touch our hearts, make us smile—or roll our eyes. Keep up with the latest in mindfulness.

Are college kids headed for burnout?

EXTRA- ORDINARY ACTS OF KINDNESS

Mindful or Mindless? • Our take on who’s paying attention and who’s not

mindful living

One Mindful Act • Got a minute? That’s enough time to generate meaningful action every day of the week.

Long, Lithe, and Lovely

Prescribing Awareness • We often seek comfort in ignorance. But by downplaying or ignoring health issues, we can inflict further harm on ourselves and others.

Turning Toward Discomfort

The Happiness Debate • Scientists are weighing what it really means to be happy—and their findings aren’t so straightforward.

Am I Doing This Right? • The latest installment in our ongoing series of helpful answers to common meditator questions.

The Quest to Live Forever • Some scientists are working on making the last stages of life a little healthier, others are trying to extend life, and still others are hoping to make death obsolete.

CRAZE OR CRAZY? | Young Blood

finding beauty inside • From the outside, former model Alison Canavan’s life looked picture-perfect. But her glamorous exterior masked a lifelong struggle with depression.

THE MAGNIFICENT WILD MYSTERIOUS CONNECTED AND INTERCONNECTED BRAIN • Our brain is like a wild, raging electrical storm that wondrously enables us to make our way. Yet a lot of mindfulness literature makes it sound like a very simple machine. Two leading neuroscientists suggest better ways to think and talk about the brain and the mind.

Not So Fast! • A few “facts” about the brain that are misleading or downright false.

NETWORKS VS. MACHINE PARTS

WHERE IS MY MIND?

Have a Seat • Taking the time to discover the most suitable cushion, bench, or chair for your body will pay off in years of less painful meditation sessions.

Know Your Seats

WHAT’S INSIDE?

A Perch with Purpose

Look On the   Bright Side…? • Optimism can seem like a dead end or even a harmful delusion. But it’s not about slapping a filter over bleak reality; it’s about allowing yourself to see life’s full range of colors.

Mistaken Identity • Think first impressions don’t lie? Let’s reconsider.

The Science of Optimism • Being guarded and careful might seem like a sound strategy, but maintaining an upbeat, positive frame of mind may extend your life.

Accentuate the Positive • The (not so) secret to seeing more goodness.

Beginning with Awareness • When we clear our mental slate, we get kinder.

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mindspace • notice what you notice