How to Be Mindful When You’re Anxious

In small doses, anxiety can put us in touch with what we need most. The problem arises when anxiety overwhelms and blocks us.

Anxiety is not all bad. It can prompt us to take stock of our actions...

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How to Have a Mindful Conversation

Our toughest talks are full of half-truths—not because we're serial liars, but because we're survivalists. Here's how to bring clarity and intention to your most important relationships.

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We’re Hardwired to Doubt—And It’s a Good Thing

Doubt helps us avoid acting on every passing idea which can prevent us from participating in certain types of risk.

We should all cut ourselves some slack for how much we doubt. If you take...

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Why It’s Difficult to Meditate with Anxiety

For people whose anxiety boxes them in, a basic meditation practice isn't so straightforward.

As a socially anxious college student sitting in class, terrified of being called on by my professor,...

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Connecting with Challenging Kids by Leaning in to Discomfort

Off-putting behavior can make us feel awkward—but it's a message, an unintentional way that children and teens telegraph their emotional pain. When we lean in to that pain, the results change...

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Seeing Behind “Bad” Behavior

Kids struggling with chronic emotional and behavioral problems are sometimes labelled as "misbehaving" by parents and teachers alike. Here's how to speak to the child behind the behavior.

 

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Addicted to Your Phone? Try this Practice—Phone in Hand

This mindfulness practice can help transform your relationship to your phone—the very thing that can sometimes pull us toward mindlessness.

I just set my phone down to write this...

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When Parenting Gets Tough

That mean voice in your head that never stops its yammering can make parenting harder than need be.

In spite of my bookshelf from graduate school, much of what I’ve learned about...

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Letting the Chips Fall: Control and Letting Go with Your Children

It's natural to have a game plan—maybe even a blueprint—for our children. But when things get tough, can you go loose? It might be the key to accepting everything from a fresh dent in...

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Parenting While Present

Parenting—it's no walk in the park. But sometimes we find a refreshed sense of purpose and engagement with our children in those mundane, park-walk moments.

It was Veteran’s...

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