Your brain is an important organ with lots of responsibilities. Some of your brain’s most critical responsibilities are its executive functions. Executive functioning, regulated by your brain’s prefrontal cortex, is responsible for advanced skills...

Students aren’t the only ones who can benefit from a mindfulness practice. Mindfulness can help teachers manage their stress and strengthen their relationships with their students, among other benefits.

While it’s important to be informed right now, too much information can feel overwhelming at times. To maintain our mental, physical and emotional wellbeing, let’s consider 3 ways we can consume the news in a more mindful way:

Focusing our attention on peaceful mental imagery can help us to relax our bodies and experience a more positive state of mind in any moment.

Research on self-compassion shows that people who are compassionate toward themselves are happier, more resilient and optimistic. Our bodies have a built in self-care mechanism that releases the “feel good” hormone oxytocin, activated during such...