- Food Culture -
Take the Chewing Challenge
By Robyn YoukilisSlowing down to chew your food offers a bounty of benefits. Follow these tips to get the most out of your meals.
Mindfulness
- Life Unedited -
LIFE, UNEDITED: 10 Meditations for the Workplace
By Courtney HelgoeConsider these mindful approaches to finding more peace and happiness at the office.
- Personal Development -
5 Ways You’re Smarter Than Your Smartphone
By Julie KendrickThese handheld wonders can make life easier — but is easier always better? Learn why it’s worth the time and effort to take back a few basic tasks.
- Stress Relief -
Learn to Be Well
By Courtney HelgoeWell-being is not simply the result of good genes or good luck, says pioneering researcher Richard Davidson, PhD. It’s a skill we can cultivate.
- Personal Development -
The Gift of Presence
By Lauren BedoskyNonverbal-behavior expert Amy Cuddy on how to feel empowered when it matters most.
- Travel -
Come to Your Senses: Sensory Retreats
By Heidi WachterEnhance your experience of the world around you with these tips for sharpening your perception.
- Personal Development -
The Willpower Instinct
By Brian JohnsonA celebrated Stanford psychologist shares her cutting-edge strategies for improving self-control.
- Travel -
The Mindful Adventurer: Jimmy Chin
By Maggie Fazeli FardMountaineer-turned-filmmaker Jimmy Chin talks about the value of courage over fearlessness and the parallels of life above and below the clouds.
- Personal Development -
Design for the Future You
By Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPHYou’re the best person to create big changes in your life. But those shifts will happen only if your “future self” is on board.
- video -
Top Tips From Danielle LaPorte (Video)
By Experience Life StaffDanielle LaPorte, author of The Desire Map, shares three ways she stays healthy and approaches goal setting.
- Personal Development -
Never Good Enough
By Jon SpaydeWhen trying to be better becomes a nonstop obsession, it can undermine our well-being. Here’s how to balance self-improvement with self-acceptance.
- Personal Development -
Cultivate Self-Compassion
By Brian JohnsonKristin Neff’s life-changing strategies can help you be kinder to yourself.
- Personal Development -
Relapse Recovery
By Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPHOld habits die hard — but reverting to unwanted patterns doesn’t have to sabotage your healthy-living progress.
- Mindfulness -
Beating Addictions, Mindfully
By Margret AldrichA new clinical trial reveals that mindful meditation may help you kick your smoking habit — for good.
- Personal Development -
The Confidence Game
By Brian JohnsonInsights for building and maintaining indestructible trust in you.
- Mindfulness -
Mindfulness Could Help Prevent Obesity in Children
By Craig CoxA new study suggests meditative techniques may help balance brain functions that affect eating behavior.
- Personal Development -
How to Keep a Gratitude Journal (Infographic)
By Heidi WachterSimple tips for recording the joys — and challenges — that enhance your life.
- Personal Development -
Build Better Habits
By Brian JohnsonMake the most of your finite willpower.
- Personal Development -
Awestruck
By Heidi WachterDiscover how the feeling of awe can make us humbler, kinder, and more altruistic.
- Personal Development -
The Unexpected Gifts of Imperfection
By Experience Life StaffBy confronting our scarier emotions — vulnerability, fear, and shame — we can learn to lead a more “wholehearted” life. Brené Brown shows us the way.
- Personal Development -
A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama’s Vision for Our World
By Heidi WachterPsychologist Daniel Goleman seeks an answer to the question, “Can compassion change the world?”