Spirituality
How boldly should we be facing our fears? One mindful parent’s attempt to balance the lure of gore and guts with her children’s need to experiment safely with fear. The post Facing Our Fears: Why We Shouldn’t Sanitize Halloween appeared first on Mindful.
Mindful’s managing editor Stephanie Domet explores how choosing self-compassion in the face of things that go bump in the night, made for kinder days and easier nights. The post How I Stopped Terrorizing Myself appeared first on Mindful.
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~Lao Tzu I’d known for months that I was burned out. The kind of burnout that creeps in quietly—behind your eyes, in your spine, in your calendar. I was volunteering in raptor rescue, monitoring eagle nests as...
‘Bodhi has always existed; No need to preserve it. Vexation has never existed, No need to eliminate it.’ Niutou Farong
One of the things I love most about mindfulness is its adaptability. It’s not limited to certain objects of focus like the breath, particular postures like full lotus, or even serene retreat centers. Mindfulness can be integrated into any activity—walking, yoga,...
In 1964, I was born in Saigon to a Buddhist family. At age eight, I was adopted by an American family. My parents worked for the State Department, so besides living in the United States, I also lived in Thailand and Egypt. These beginnings gave me a good sense of...
Clarity is the capacity to recognize and distinguish the unlimited variety of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and appearances that continually emerge in the mind. It is also called luminosity. Without clarity, we wouldn’t be able to recognize or identify any aspect of...
The results from mindfulness are real, but fixating on self-improvement and how well we're doing isn't the goal. The post The Self-Improvement Trap: Can You Let Go of the Results from Mindfulness? appeared first on Mindful.
Former Mindful editor Amber Tucker speaks with Jon Macaskill and Will Schneider from Men Talking Mindfulness to discuss how mindfulness can meet the unique challenges men are facing today, and why it’s more important than ever. The post What’s Different About...
“What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” ~Don Miguel Ruiz For most of my life, I didn’t fully understand what projection...