Mindful Approaches to Managing Anxiety - from Mindful.org https://www.mindful.org/category/difficult-experiences/anxiety/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:34:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-32x32.png Mindful Approaches to Managing Anxiety - from Mindful.org https://www.mindful.org/category/difficult-experiences/anxiety/ 32 32 How To Stay Calm Under Pressure https://www.mindful.org/how-to-stay-calm-under-pressure/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 04:32:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=34270 In high-stakes scenarios, we can panic and underperform. Here’s why that happens, and how to stay calm under pressure.

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]]> Let Your Practice Guide You Beyond Crisis Mode https://www.mindful.org/let-your-practice-guide-you-beyond-crisis-mode/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:37:26 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=55493 While many of us lean on mindfulness to help us through times of inner and outer chaos, we can cultivate the greatest resilience through consistency in our practice, even when it doesn’t feel urgent.

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]]> Why Aggressions Are Not Micro and How to Avoid Them https://www.mindful.org/why-aggressions-are-not-micro-and-how-to-avoid-them/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:07:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=637100 “Microaggressions” can have a massive impact on those on the receiving end. Learning how to interrupt them from a lens of openness and curiosity for ourselves and others can help us work toward more compassionate schools, workplaces, and communities.

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]]> A Trauma-Informed Meditation to Uncover the Potential for Healing https://www.mindful.org/a-trauma-informed-meditation-to-uncover-the-potential-for-healing/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:39:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=58874 MBSR teacher John Taylor offers a five-step meditation for finding a greater sense of peace and freedom after trauma.

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]]> Building a Way Forward By Knowing Our Past https://www.mindful.org/building-a-way-forward-by-knowing-our-past/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 03:20:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=51915 Explore three tools that can help us gain appreciation for the past and develop awareness for the future.

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]]> A 15-Minute Meditation to Cultivate Equanimity https://www.mindful.org/a-15-minute-meditation-to-cultivate-equanimity/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:58:47 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=41252 Diana Winston leads a guided practice to find even-mindedness and balance in uncertain times.

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]]> Q&A: How Connecting With Our Senses Supports Mental Health and Resilience https://www.mindful.org/qa-how-connecting-with-our-senses-supports-mental-health-and-resilience/ Thu, 30 May 2024 21:06:51 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=635758 Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce sits down with Norman Farb and Zindel Segal to talk about their new book Better In Every Sense and how reconnecting with our senses can help get us unstuck and establish new patterns.

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]]> Please Die Soon: Finding Compassion for Unimaginable Thoughts https://www.mindful.org/please-die-soon-finding-compassion-for-unimaginable-thoughts/ Wed, 15 May 2024 20:49:50 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=635027 When someone you love is dying, there could be a secret moment, when things are really bad, when you hear yourself silently whisper the unimaginable thought: Please die soon. Say what??? It is with a brave heart, writes Elaine Smookler, that we look at this whole journey of death and make peace with the wild currents that threaten to pull us under.

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]]> After the Funeral: When Grief is Part of Daily Life https://www.mindful.org/after-the-funeral-when-grief-is-part-of-daily-life/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=629997 Once all the hubbub dies down…now what? Mindfulness can help us be with our grief, and ourselves, with self-compassion.

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]]> A 12-Minute Meditation to Meet Difficult Emotions With Compassion https://www.mindful.org/a-12-minute-meditation-to-meet-difficult-emotions-with-compassion/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:45:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=634112 This guided meditation is a simple practice to help us navigate the ups and downs of everyday life challenges with a kind and open heart.

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