All Articles About Mindful FAQ - from Mindful.org https://www.mindful.org/category/mindful-offerings/magazine/faq/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:00:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-48x48.png All Articles About Mindful FAQ - from Mindful.org https://www.mindful.org/category/mindful-offerings/magazine/faq/ 32 32 What We Misunderstand About Wisdom: Q&A With Melli O’Brien https://www.mindful.org/what-we-misunderstand-about-wisdom-qa-with-melli-obrien/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:18:48 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=648633 What is wisdom and where does it come from? Mindfulness teacher and author Melli O’Brien shares what we misunderstand about wisdom and why we need more of it in our world today.

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]]> A Quick Tip to Take Your Mindfulness Practice Outside https://www.mindful.org/a-quick-tip-to-take-your-mindfulness-practice-outside/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:01:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=58852 Mindfulness teacher and author Mark Coleman shares how tapping into your five senses can help you connect with the natural world around you, even if you live in a city.

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]]> What to Do When Self-Care Feels Like a Burden https://www.mindful.org/what-to-do-when-self-care-feels-like-a-burden/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=57756 When even the three-minute breathing space feels like work, we may just need to give ourselves a break.

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]]> What to Do When Thoughts Arise While Meditating https://www.mindful.org/what-to-do-when-thoughts-arise-while-meditating/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:59:15 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=40049 The mind often wanders in meditation—and it’s normal. Elisha Goldstein, psychologist and founder of the Mindful Living Collective, explores how to deal with both important and irrelevant ideas that come up.

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]]> The Mindful FAQ: When to Make a Meditation Session Longer https://www.mindful.org/mindful-faq-make-meditation-session-longer/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:59:35 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=20890 Extending your practice can bring challenges that may not arise in shorter sessions. Find out when to make your meditation session longer.

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]]> The Mindful FAQ: How to Meditate with a Cold https://www.mindful.org/mindful-faq-meditate-cold/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 06:00:03 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=20226 Can you meditate with a cold? Mindfulness is a practice of being with whatever shows up—that includes the sniffles and itchy eyes.

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]]> The Mindful FAQ: Why Meditate Early in the Morning? https://www.mindful.org/mindful-faq-meditate-early-morning/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 06:00:42 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=18951 Test your theory about not being a morning person.

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]]> The Mindful FAQ: Can Mindfulness Do More Harm Than Help? https://www.mindful.org/mindful-faq-can-mindfulness-harm-help/ Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:00:16 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=18091 If you feel that a particularly challenging feeling or memory is growing too big or intense to bear, the most mindful thing you can do is to choose intentionally to disengage, says clinical psychologist and mindfulness teacher Steve Hickman.

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]]> How to Handle Big Emotions During Group Meditation https://www.mindful.org/handle-big-emotions-group-meditation/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 18:06:05 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=17498 The trick is to keep challenging feelings from overwhelming you—to have them simply inform how you feel instead.

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]]> How to Meditate When You’re Anxious https://www.mindful.org/meditate-youre-anxious/ Mon, 22 May 2017 06:06:43 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=16559 When you're feeling anxious and jittery, try an alternative to seated meditation.

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