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“Increasingly, students just don’t know how to deal with boredom, loneliness, and unpleasant feelings,” says Doug Worthen, director of mindfulness programs at Middlesex School, an independent day and boarding school in Concord, Massachusetts. Many educators blame the long hours spent on screens for fractured attention levels, lack of impulse control, and heightened levels of depression and anxiety. Teens are also losing their ability to navigate nuanced and complex interpersonal human interactions, says Adam Ortman, head of mindfulness at St....

At Folsom Prison in California, I teach a variety of mindfulness practices that have evolved to enable enough flexibility for the men I work with to develop the practice and cultivate what mindful awareness they can. One of the most successful practices is what I call the Three-Breath Trip. It’s a practice the men can do any time, anywhere, without adopting a meditation posture or even closing the eyes. Here’s how it’s done:...

Bothered by Brassiness? How to Save Your Blonde Hair this Summer Bothered by Brassiness? How to Save Your Blonde Hair this Summer 1. Take it down a shade (or two!). Blondes may have more fun, but brunettes don’t usually deal with brassiness! If those orange-yellow tones are the bane of your summer, try taking your hair color down a few notches. The brighter the blonde, the more obvious brassy tones can be....

It is not easy to be a human being. We have sensitive and often reactive nervous systems that are easily agitated by the constant ups and downs of life. Among the joys and sorrows, and the pleasure and pain, we are often faced with discomfort and uncertainty. When life gives us lemons, we can often push ourselves too hard, be overly critical, and distract ourselves with negative habits that leave us depleted instead of nourished....