Articles about Mindfulness
13 free articles, newest first. Every one is a few minutes long, written in plain language, and open to everyone with no account.
Doing a Dull Job Without Rushing It
The dishes, the laundry, the same drive again. Why hurrying through them costs more than it saves, how to do one of them with nothing playing, and what tends to surface…
Being With Someone Who Asks the Same Question
They have asked about the appointment eleven times since lunch. Why correcting does not work, what the question is usually really about, and how to get through an…
Arriving Home With No Memory of the Drive
You park the car and cannot account for the last twenty minutes. The everyday end of dissociation: what that blank stretch of road is, when it is ordinary, when to…
The First Ten Minutes of Your Day
You reach for the phone before your eyes are open and arrive at breakfast already behind. A small, practical change to the start of the day, and why it is worth the…
Letting a Good Moment Register
The nice things pass in seconds and the worries stay all day. A small, practical habit for letting good moments actually land, and why it is not positive thinking.
When You Cannot Get Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Jumpy, restless, unable to settle to anything, and sitting still makes it worse. What that agitated feeling usually is, and why moving works better than trying to relax.
Naming What You Feel
Bad, stressed and fine cover a lot of ground. Why putting a more exact word to a feeling changes it, and how to do that when you have no idea what you feel.
Actually Listening to Someone
Most of us listen while drafting our reply. What changes when you give someone your attention properly, and a few specific habits that make it possible.
A Body Scan You Can Do in Bed
A slow tour of your own body, from feet to head, done lying down. What it is for, how to run one, and why it is fine to fall asleep partway through.
Slowing Down the First Three Bites
Most of us eat while doing something else and barely taste it. Paying attention to three bites is a small practice with an odd amount of effect on the rest of the meal.
When Meditation Makes You Feel Worse
Everyone says to sit quietly and breathe, and when you try it you get anxious, restless, or flooded. That is a known thing, not a failure.
Doing One Thing at a Time
You are eating while scrolling while half-listening while planning tomorrow. What all that splitting actually costs, and how doing one thing at a time quiets more than…
Mindfulness Is Not About Emptying Your Mind
If you have tried meditating and concluded you are bad at it because your thoughts would not stop, you were doing it right.