Tag: mindfulness
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New French Bill Proposes “Right To Disconnect” From After Work Hours: Will It Work?
We’re living in an always on society. We’re always doing something, we’re always connected, we’re always right by our phones (and reaching it more than we should). Whether it’s a call from your boss asking if you can come in on your day off or an email from an important client on the weekend, we’re…
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Podcast Episode #4: Interview with Dr. Susan Maushart, Author of The Winter of Our Disconnect
Listen to our interview with Dr. Susan Maushart, author of The Winter of Our Disconnect, in the latest episode of the Technology for Mindfulness Podcast.
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What’s the Right Age to Start Mindfulness?
A question that people often ask when they learn about mindfulness is what’s the right age to start? And the answer is: whenever you want! While most people begin practicing mindfulness during or after a stressful life-changing event, it doesn’t matter when you start. Mindfulness is something that anyone can benefit from in any stage…
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Podcast Episode #03: Interview with Dr. Judson Brewer, Author of The Craving Mind
Listen to our interview with Dr. Judson Brewer, author of The Craving Mind, in the latest episode of the Technology for Mindfulness Podcast.
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5 Ways to Use Mindfulness to Reduce Workplace Stress
Even if you’re lucky enough to have a super laid back and relaxed work environment, I’m willing to bet that stress still gets to you at work once in awhile. One study found that 60% of employee absences could be traced back to stress, and that number has been on the rise. While there are…
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Sleep Better Without Sleeping Pills, Try Mindfulness
So many of us have trouble sleeping! Some struggle to fall asleep every night, while others only have occasional sleepless nights. Either way, at some point in time we’ve all experienced at least one night of constant tossing and turning, minds that just won’t stop running. We’ve all woken up exhausted because we just couldn’t…
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Keep Calm and Download this App
Move over Headspace, there’s a new player in the mindfulness app game and it goes by the name of Calm—and they’re aiming to become more than just an app. Calm is a 14-person mindfulness startup. The founders, Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew, began the company with hopes of commercializing the countless benefits of meditation.…
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Study: Using Mindfulness to Help Children with ADHD
In theory, mindfulness sounds like the perfect solution to helping children that suffer from ADHD. Mindfulness helps us become more aware, it helps us focus, control our thoughts, and manage our emotions—things that those with ADHD have trouble with. Today, people are trying to get away from using medication to treat their problems and turning…
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Be Happier & More Present Tomorrow: 5 Tips
We all want to be more present, whether it’s for our kids, or significant other, or just ourselves, right? And we all want to be happier, no matter how happy or unhappy you are, we crave that feeling of happiness. But why is so hard to just be happy? What makes it so difficult to…
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Study: Find Motivation to Live Healthy with Mindfulness
When someone, like your doctor, tells you that you need to lose weight, start eating healthier, or working out more, do you feel upset? Or you consider what they have to say and attempt to take their advice to help better yourself? What if you’re told that if you don’t lose weight you risk developing…
