A lifetime of mindfulness and self-awareness can be cultivated by introducing meditation to your child in a way that makes it enjoyable and upbeat. Adults typically believe that a practice should be ...

With school schedules getting busier, screen time increasing, and daily routines becoming more demanding, children today need simple practices that help them stay calm, focused, and emotionally ...

Megan Sweet and her 12-year-old son, Malcolm, have been going on a lot of walks during the COVID-19 pandemic. During these treks, they stop and smell flowers during the day or watch the sunset at ...

There’s a lot for parents to feel stressed about, including stress itself. Enter the modern meditation coach. Kid-friendly meditation has gained traction “as more parents recognize the importance of ...

When I teach self-compassion to kids in schools, I do an exercise in which kids imagine that a friend of theirs has lost or broken something special. How would they respond to their friend? I then ask ...

Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people ...

Mindfulness meditation is everywhere, for everything and for everyone. Right now I’m teaching a class for doctoral students in clinical psychology on “Contemplative Practices and Clinical Psychology” ...