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The Psychological Effects of the Conflicting Stories We Hear

Expanding Your Holiday HUB
Category: Mindfulness

Expanding Your Holiday HUB
This time of year, between Thanksgiving and the winter holidays can be filled with a wide range of feelings, from joy and gratitude to longing and loneliness. Many articles and blogs that come out around this time often address the

Go Behind the Scenes of My New Book – MIND!
I’m very excited to share with you some great behind-the-scenes videos put together by our team to give you a deeper look at my new book, MIND: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human. In the seven short videos below,

New Course: Presence, Integration, and the Cultivation of Well-Being in Relationships and Family Systems
Presence, Integration, and Cultivation of Well-Being in Relationships and Family Systems This new course, launching on July 14 — and only available for a limited time — focuses on how making sense of our experiences and relationships shapes the way we interact with

The Art & Science of Living with Presence & Connection: A Special Training Retreat with Jack Kornfield, PhD and Dan Siegel, MD
For the first time ever, Jack Kornfield and I will host a retreat for a small group in Santa Monica, California over the weekend of January 22-24, 2016. It will be a transformative, fun weekend, limited to 30 persons. Registration is now open!

Mindfulness As Integration
Mindful awareness can be considered as a way of being, more than something that involves our “doing” something. Engage a certain “state of mind” that has the range of qualities we have heard repeatedly even though there is no fixed and

Thriving with the Power of Presence
Pictured: Arianna Huffington, Alanis Morissette, Dr. Dan Siegel, Jon Kabat-Zinn Excited to join in the exploration of healthy ways of living at the upcoming conference, THRIVE, with Arianna Huffington and Mika Brzezinski. Looking forward to discussing the importance of cultivating meaningful

Changing the Cultural Conversation About Adolescence
Adolescence has a power and purpose much like a waterfall. We can’t stop the water from flowing, but we can learn to channel its force in ways that are helpful for all concerned. During adolescence, a period that runs roughly a

The Self is Not Defined by the Boundaries of Our Skin
Recently, I’ve spoken at several conferences around the country about mindfulness in adolescents, attachment in families, and bringing more awareness and compassion to our digital lives. One comment in particular that I made at each of these speaking engagements seemed to garner

3 Steps to Disconnecting from Our Phones and Reconnecting with our Teens
These days it’s hard to hang out with parents of teenagers without hearing disparaging comments about how digital devices are devouring our kids’ time and attention. Or how our driving adolescents are driving us mad when they text on the highway,