Our goal at Mindful is to bring you the best of science, deep experience, and the big questions of mindfulness. This past year has been filled with so much uncertainty, but mindfulness is a great way to help us live better and experience stronger connections with ourselves and others right now. We believe now more than ever that we are designed to meet you exactly where you are.
The top articles of 2024 demonstrate the breadth and depth of all these shimmering and unexpected places where mindfulness can find us. Everything from children’s TV shows to our closets to the books we read to the heavy spaces of disconnection, loss, and healing. Navigating our lives.
Most Popular Mindfulness Articles of 2024
1. The whole child matters—what it means to practice mindfulness in school
In times of increased anxiety, introducing the mental resilience skills of mindfulness to young minds seems more important than ever. Author Leslie Garrett visited teachers and mindfulness leaders first-hand to learn how they support students, teachers, and their broader communities.
2. What to do when you feel like you don’t have enough time
Free time can feel like a precious commodity these days. Dr. Diana Hill explores what free time actually means to us and how our experience of free time has more to do with how we spend it than the amount of free time we have.
3. Mindfulness for racial healing
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 continues to resonate across the United States. Educator and leader Tovi Scruggs Hussein shares six key ways that mindful practices can foster deeper connections by addressing the core emotional experiences at play within racial bias. Here’s how.
Mindfulness for racial healing
Mindfulness serves as a foundation for powerful conversations, transformative growth, and self-awareness regarding race and racism.
4. Nanalan’: A viral show that models what mindfulness looks and feels like.
Since 1999, Nanalan co-creators Jason Hopley and Jamie Shannon have been sharing mindful concepts such as empathy, awareness, and acceptance with young audiences. Find out how this heartfelt show (strictly for kids only) rose to fame on TikTok and now reaches and comforts people of all ages.
5. How meditation supports health and healing
Even in an age of unprecedented technological “connectivity,” the percentage of people reporting suffering from depression, anxiety, and loneliness continues to rise. Research shows that mindfulness is ultimately an effective and low-cost way to manage (and in some cases improve) your physical and mental health and well-being.
6. Cultivating Mindfulness Beyond Meditation: How 8 Skills Empower Us in Everyday Life
One of the most common questions people have about mindfulness is, “What does this have to do with my real life?” Shalini Bahl explores eight important ways that practicing mindfulness can impact your daily thoughts, interactions, and choices.
7. Organize – outside and inside
Letting go is never easy. Here, Barry Boyce considers how decluttering your physical space can provide gentle insight into how you can create light and freedom within your mind.
Tidying up – outside and inside
Sorting out and letting go of physical items we no longer need teaches us about all the things we’re holding on to. As Barry Boyce has discovered, it can also help you find kinder, smarter ways to organize your mind.
8. After the Funeral: When Grief Becomes a Part of Daily Life
Grief is a universal human experience, yet one that is not often talked about openly. In her own uniquely compassionate and humorous way, Elaine Smookler shares her personal journey of grief, offering comfort and wisdom to those walking the long road of loss.
9. Mindful Reading Guide: Contemporary Authors to Deepen Your Practice
We don’t often think of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as essential parts of growing our own mindful practices. Using examples from her own book collection, poet Angela Stubbs shows readers how we, too, can identify and connect to the mindful themes of our favorite books.
10. Q&A: How connecting with the five senses supports mental health and resilience
Modern Western culture is known for its disconnection from the body, and this fragmentation has far-reaching effects on our mental, emotional, and physical health. Authors Norman Farb and Jinder Segal discuss their new book, Better in Every Sense, and how reconnecting with our senses can help us get unstuck and find true healing. Masu.
