Kids and Teens
What’s On Our Minds
Three things that are on the top of our editors' minds right now.
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Science
Discover the empirical world of mindfulness and meditation within the Science category at Mindful.org. Our content bridges the gap between ancient practices and modern science, offering a deep dive into how mindfulness can positively affect our brains, bodies, and behavior. Explore a wealth of articles that unpack cutting-edge research, interview leading scientists, and present evidence-based benefits of mindfulness for health, work, relationships, and more.
Anxiety
Is Mindfulness the Future of Therapy?
Fifteen years after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was introduced to the world, this groundbreaking treatment only reaches a small percentage of people suffering from depression. Two innovators want to change that.
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Calm
Can a Change in Mindset Help Teens De-stress?
According to a recent study, training teens in a "growth mindset" can reduce their stress and improve their grades.
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Careers
Beware Your Biased Brain
Our brain can move very fast, and that can be a real problem. The tendency to make split-second assessments of people can lead to disastrous outcomes.
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Focus
Your Wild, Wonderful Brain
Although there's lots of scientific information floating around about our brains, Barry Boyce explains, there's still so much we don't really understand.
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Anxiety
The Trouble with Mindfulness Apps
When your favorite mindfulness app says it’s based in science, check twice. Few actually are. Two mindfulness experts and app developers talked to Mindful about how most apps rely on the science of mindfulness in general to back up their claims, and how that could lead to problems—and fines—in the future, like it did for the brain-training company Lumosity.
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Calm
How to Stop the Racist in You
The new science of bias suggests that we all carry prejudices within ourselves—and we all have the tools to keep them in check.
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Focus
Just 6 Seconds of Mindfulness Can Make You More Effective
All you need is a single breath.
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Calm
Using Mindfulness to Navigate “Self”
Holding onto pain and loss keeps us mired in anxiety and perpetuates our problems over the long term. Mindfulness can help us change our relationship to what we find limiting in our lives.
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Compassion
Why We Should Teach Empathy to Preschoolers
One Berkeley preschool is baking empathy into its curriculum—and for good reason.
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