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Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This

By Rachel Simmons — 2015

It’s not easy to let our kids be less than perfect.

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What Oprah Knows About the Power of Meditation

Oprah knows what disconnectedness feels like. Here, she talks about how meditation has changed her life—and why she's striving to be even more mindful in her daily life.

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Oprah Winfrey
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Dial Up the Magic of This Moment: Philosopher Joanna Macy on How Rilke Can Help Us Befriend Our Mortality and Be More Alive

Philosopher Joanna Macy on how Rilke can help us befriend our mortality and be more alive: “Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love.”

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Maria Popova
2014
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Spiritual Practices for Times of Crisis

The greatest gift we can give our world is our presence, awake and attentive. What can help us do that? Here, drawn from ancient religions and wisdom traditions, are a handful of practices Joanna Macy has learned to count on.

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Joanna Macy
2011
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Mindfulness Can Improve Your Attention and Health

A focus on the present, dubbed “mindfulness,” can make you happier and healthier. Training to deepen your immersion in the moment works by improving attention

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Amishi Jha
2013
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The Science of Taming the Wandering Mind

Wherever attention goes the rest of the brain follows—in some sense, attention is your brain’s boss. But is it a good boss and can we train it?

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Amishi Jha
2017
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Only the Present Mind Is Without Fear

Fear, despite its unique power, is just another mental distraction.

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Deepak Chopra
2020
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The Sacred Art of Listening—Nourishing Loving Relationships

Whether it’s the communicating between different tribes or religions, ethnicities, racial groups or different generations, we need to listen. The more we understand, the less we fear—the less we fear, the more we trust and the more we trust, the more love can flow.

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Tara Brach
2014
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Finding True Refuge

It’s hard to hang out with the truth of what we’re feeling. We may sincerely intend to pause and be mindful whenever a crisis arises or whenever we feel stuck and confused, but our conditioning to react, escape, or become possessed by emotion is very strong.

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Tara Brach
2013
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