Featured series 
Tag: Mindfulness
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Science & Tech
5 reasons you crack under pressure
“Managing Conflict Mindfully” author outlines why even experts get in their own way sometimes, and how to stop.
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Health
‘Happiness is not a destination … Happiness is the way’
Harvard Chan School of Public Health celebrates opening of $25 million Thich Nhat Hanh Center for research, approaches to mindfulness.
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Campus & Community
The serendipity of solitude
A breath of fresh air, meditation, or a yoga stretch during a “sun salutation” are simple ways to center yourself during challenging times.
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Campus & Community
One thing to change: Embrace mindfulness
Professor of psychology Ellen Langer applies mindfulness to absolute truths.
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Health
12-step guide to keeping those resolutions
Figure out what resolutions fit your lifestyle and then make them happen with some expert advice.
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Health
Ellen Langer’s state of mindfulness
Professor Ellen Langer once apologized when she bumped into a mannequin, the kind of automatic, mindless response she says robs us of the benefits of being mindfully engaged in day-to-day…
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Health
With mindfulness, life’s in the moment
Rooted in Buddhism, mindfulness meditation has developed a prominent perch in the self-help movement. Its popularity has been fueled by research that indicates mindfulness often reduces stress and promotes emotional well-being.
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Health
When science meets mindfulness
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School are examining how mindfulness meditation may change the brain in depressed patients.
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Health
Building calm into the day
The Center for Wellness at Harvard University Health Services sponsors a range of meditation options for students.
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Nation & World
Taming the ticking mind
Author and economist Sendhil Mullainathan talks about the research behind “Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives.”
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Science & Tech
Mindfulness over matters
Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and a pioneer in applying mindfulness to the field of medicine, discussed how the concept can be integrated into K-12 education.
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Health
Less stress, more living
The effects of stress on health, well-being, and even creativity were the focus of the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) this week.
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Arts & Culture
Buddhism on the dinner plate
New book by a Harvard nutritionist and renowned monk encourages the Buddhist sense of mindfulness in how people eat.
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Campus & Community
Mind power
As one of the featured speakers, offering a weekend-long seminar, was a senior professor at Harvard University, Ellen Langer. Langer is a famous psychologist poised to get much more famous, but not in the ways most researchers do.