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Students in a study reported the skills they learned helped them to minimize stress and increase their well-being in many scenarios. (Alex Shuper/Unsplash)

From nerve‑racking to welcome: How mindfulness helps people engage with feedback to improve

Whether you’re walking into a performance appraisal or anticipating a grade, recognizing that feedback is valuable is the first step towards growth.
Sixth grade students start their science class with five minutes of meditation at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Va., in February 2020. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Mindfulness is gaining traction in American schools – but it isn’t clear what students are learning

Understanding the nuances of what mindfulness can look like in a classroom can help educators, parents and policymakers decide whether it belongs in their schools.
Love is one of the most diverse emotions, and it can be experienced in countless ways. fizkes/iStock via Getty Images Plus

This Valentine’s Day, try loving‑kindness meditation

If you’re feeling disconnected from others, or just disenchanted with the day, you might consider trying loving-kindness meditation, writes a scholar of mindfulness.
The three wise monkeys, embodying the proverbial principle from Buddhist philosophy: ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.’ Natallia Pershaj/iStock/Getty images plus

What Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’

If we considered people on the other side of a disagreement as not ‘evil’ but ‘mistaken’ or ‘ill-informed,’ it might create more room for dialogue, writes a scholar of mindfulness.

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