mindfulness

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What is Negativity Bias & Five Helpful Steps to Conquer It

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What is Negativity Bias & Five Helpful Steps to Conquer It

Negativity bias, or positive-negative asymmetry, is why a snide comment from a co-worker is at the forefront of your mind even though your workday went quite well, overall. Here’s how to shake off this pessimistic disposition.

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Mindfulness Needs to Be Part of Diversity Initiatives. Here’s Why.

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Mindfulness Needs to Be Part of Diversity Initiatives. Here’s Why.

“Diversity” and “inclusion” aren’t merely buzzwords in the business world. They’re essential components of a healthy workplace. Fostering diversity and inclusion has been shown to inspire creativity, innovation, and better problem-solving skills.

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Mindfulness: A Strategy for Fostering Equitable & Inclusive Workplaces

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Mindfulness: A Strategy for Fostering Equitable & Inclusive Workplaces

To help ensure the organizational ship stays righted, read on to learn how company leaders and staff can use mindfulness to create a workplace that employees want and customers appreciate.

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Mindfulness for Coaches and Parents of Athletes

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Mindfulness for Coaches and Parents of Athletes

Competition can bring out the best in us, but it can also cause frustration, stress, and anxiety. To understand how to bring out the best in yourself, your players, and your children, read on to learn about how you can integrate mindfulness into your life.


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There Is More Than One Type of Meditation

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There Is More Than One Type of Meditation

To highlight some of the most popular varieties of meditation on the mindfulness menu, we’ve detailed four strategies that we think people will find helpful in achieving their mental and physical health goals.

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Using Mindfulness to Make Changes in the New Year

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Using Mindfulness to Make Changes in the New Year

For many of us, the difficulty of sticking to our resolve outweighs the drive to reach our goal. In fact, 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February. Fortunately, integrating mindfulness techniques to bolster your sticktoitiveness can help you accomplish your goals and create lasting habits.

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Cognitive Reframing in the Workplace

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Cognitive Reframing in the Workplace

From reading an unnerving client email to dealing with an unruly employee, sometimes it’s as if you’re stuck under a cloud. However, there’s always a way to to find that elusive silver lining by shifting your perspective, even if just slightly. That’s the power of cognitive reframing.

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How To Use Mindfulness To Master Failures

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How To Use Mindfulness To Master Failures

For some of us, failure leaves a lasting impression on our psyche. However, by incorporating mindfulness strategies into your routine, you’ll be better equipped to control your self-doubt, and quite possibly position yourself for higher rates of success.

How Mindfulness is Changing Prisons: Rehabilitating The Prison Rehabilitation System

How Mindfulness is Changing Prisons: Rehabilitating The Prison Rehabilitation System

The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. But, how can we be sure that serving time helps ex-offenders contribute to society and not propagate revolving door syndrome? Numerous studies have pointed to the positive impacts of mindfulness programs within the penitentiary.

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How to Use Mindfulness to Diminish Our Confirmation Bias

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How to Use Mindfulness to Diminish Our Confirmation Bias

Many of us have a habit of looking for positive information that reinforces our point of view. Practicing mindfulness however, can help diminish the trickery of confirmation bias and lead to more accurate and rational decision-making.

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Why Is Accreditation Important for Mindfulness Teachers?

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Why Is Accreditation Important for Mindfulness Teachers?

How can an individual or organization know if they’re hiring an experienced mindfulness teacher or consultant? Great question. The IMTA recently formalized an internationally recognized certification and accreditation.

Using Mindfulness to Reduce Anxiety

Using Mindfulness to Reduce Anxiety

In order to use mindfulness as an anxiety reduction technique, it’s helpful to understand what anxiety is and isn’t. Moreover, f we separate ourselves from our thoughts and reactivity, we can respond to the present more appropriately and purposefully. In this article, we’ll provide a few different exercises to help you find a mindfulness strategy that works for your situation.

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Get Better Sleep by Practicing These Three Mindfulness Techniques Before Bed

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Get Better Sleep by Practicing These Three Mindfulness Techniques Before Bed

To avoid turning to pharmaceutical sleep aids and questionable dietary supplements (which about one-third of people have tried according to Consumer Reports), try using a few mindfulness techniques to get your sleep patterns back on track.

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Food for Thought: Five Foods That Give Your Brain A Boost

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Food for Thought: Five Foods That Give Your Brain A Boost

Mindful eating is about more than just losing weight, it’s about boosting your cognitive functioning. Moreover, a healthy diet can do more than hone your immediate focus, it can actually fend off mental deterioration and diseases such as Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. So with that mind, let’s dig into the foods that’ll give you a boost in brain power.