Jealousy can appear suddenly at the most unexpected moment, such as, for example, while you’re watching a show on Netflix. Even if you have no intention of becoming an actor, you might still feel jealous of a person you don’t even know because of their appearance or...

Mindfulness Mindfulness is the fulcrum of the seven factors of awakening, says Dawn Mauricio. It helps you balance the other factors. For many of us, mindfulness serves as the doorway into our practice. However, because it has become so mainstream, or because it...

We live in a world that’s increasingly fragmented, lonely, and individualistic. In the face of this, people in various corners across the globe have formed small communities based on principles of mindfulness and ecological viability. Author and former Buddhist monk...

Recently I suffered, grimacing, through several days of a bad toothache, soldiering through the pain in hope that it would spontaneously fade. Finally, I gave in and went to see my dentist. While he took a set of X-rays, I winced even more in the expectation that I...

Melvin McLeod: When did you start practicing meditation? Jon Kabat-Zinn: My first experience of formal practice—or even learning about it—happened one day in 1965. I was a molecular biology student in the laboratory of Salvador Luria, a soon to be Nobel Laureate, and...

Since the beginning of human history in cultures throughout the world, motherhood has been placed on a pedestal as the ultimate form of purest love. The mother is stereotyped as a nurturing caregiver, as a refuge for loved ones, as selfless and self-sacrificing.  We...