Shortly after assuming leadership of the department at a university where I was a professor, I was tasked with a complex and daunting assignment. As the days passed and my to-do list grew longer and ...

The New Year is upon us, a time when many of us will inevitably go about making, and then abandoning, absurdly ambitious resolutions—to do more burpees, to home-brew kombucha, to easily reach ketosis ...

After 35 years of group work—learning hundreds of interventions, dozens of theories and facilitating thousands of patients—I may have stumbled on the most powerful intervention I’ve seen in group: a ...

Most of the people I teach as a meditation instructor come to me because they are anxious and have a difficult time focusing on their important day-to-day tasks. Asking stressed folks to just sit ...

NEW YORK — The idea of meditating can be intimidating. Beginners may imagine sitting uncomfortably in silence while breathing deeply and scrubbing all thoughts from their minds. The prospect of trying ...

Gratitude meditation is one of those practices that sounds almost too simple at first - a gentle pause to reflect on what’s ...

Are you feeling frazzled? That’s relatable. These days, stress and anxiety are soaring across the globe. If you have a minute to spare, you can tweak the course of your day with a quick mindfulness ...

In the past few months, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, videos of violence against Black individuals — from police killings to attacks against protesters — have ...

We think of meditation as something to calm our minds, but did you know meditation can also make us stronger and more focused on the challenges ahead? Today, try a four-minute fierce meditation with ...