Mindfulness might be defined as awareness, presence, consciousness, or mindful awareness—they all refer to the same thing. It is the knowing or witnessing self that observes our experiences. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Mindfulness is everywhere. Touted as a modern panacea, just ...

Mindfulness activities may help teens and students reduce stress and anxiety, manage their emotions, and pay attention to the present. Mindfulness exercises may also help with mild depression in teens ...

Arthur C. Brooks is a contributing writer at the Atlantic, a professor at Harvard University and author of the forthcoming book “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose ...

Writing, reading, math and mindfulness? That last subject is increasingly joining the three classic courses, as more young students in the United States are practicing mindfulness, meaning focusing on ...

‘There is enough on my plate already. Why would I add mindfulness meditation or training? I am doing fine without it.’ Are you really ‘fine’? And is just ‘fine’ enough or do you feel as if something ...

To many, New Year’s Day represents the possibility for beginning anew. Of late, individuals are welcoming the start of another year with a resolution to practice mindfulness, a type of meditation.

At work, mindfulness, 'present-moment awareness', benefits not only the individual but the whole work community, comes up in Laura Urrila's doctoral dissertation in human resource management. When an ...

If dispositional mindfulness can teach us anything about how we react to stress, it might be an unexpected lesson on its ineffectiveness at managing stress as it’s happening, according to new UB ...