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Mindfulness

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Mindfulness.

Video playlists about Mindfulness

How to protect your passions from burnout

The thrill of chasing your dreams and pursuing creative endeavors can wear on you. When things feel overwhelming, take a deep breath and let these TED Talks reinvigorate your sense of purpose and passion.

TED Talks as the seven deadly sins

Envy, sloth, lust, wrath ... These talks intelligently explore and masterfully subvert these concepts of vice.

For those who want to break out of their shell

Ready for a change? Let these talks help you move out of your comfort zone and embrace the beauty of sharing who you are with the world.

Talks to help practice patience

These talks can help you fine tune your composure in the face of frustration.

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Talks about Mindfulness

3 practices for wisdom and wholeness

Kung Fu, Star Trek and the many paths to spirituality

3 steps of anxiety overload — and how you can take back control

The habit that could improve your career

How to squeeze all the juice out of retirement

The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself

Bryce Dallas Howard

How to preserve your private life in the age of social media

Orit Tykocinski

The counterintuitive psychology of insurance

Sister True Dedication

3 questions to build resilience -- and change the world

Kathryn Bouskill

The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world

Jordan Raskopoulos

How I live with high-functioning anxiety

How to tame your wandering mind

How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day

Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar

What happens in your brain when you pay attention?

Eduardo Briceño

How to get better at the things you care about

A simple way to break a bad habit

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Exclusive articles about Mindfulness

Mind going a million miles a minute? Slow down with this breathing exercise

When your brain is churning away with worries and anxieties, this effective exercise can help you start to calm down, says psychiatrist Judson Brewer.

Posted May 2020

4 simple exercises to strengthen your attention and reduce distractibility

Our attention gets hijacked by everything from the stress in our lives to the ding of our phones. Neuroscientist Amishi Jha shows how we can cultivate the ability to focus on what really matters.

Posted Jun 2018

Why we owe it to ourselves to spend quiet time alone every day

By not giving ourselves the minutes -- or hours -- free of devices and distractions, we risk losing our ability to know who we are and what’s important to us, says physicist and writer Alan Lightman.

Posted May 2018

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