7 Good Minutes: Extra - Practicing mindfulness and gratitude...

It's a few days before payday. You're at the grocery store with an ordinary cart, doing math in your head as the total climbs, and you hold your breath for half a second when you tap the card. Two wee...

12 Marras 4min

Maybe you opened your calendar today to add something nice, and every square was already taken: the early meeting, the orthodontist on Friday, a birthday party with a gift you still haven't bought. Or...

12 Marras 2min

Your calendar is full this week. Meetings, practices, appointments. Almost none of it is something you're looking forward to.This short practice changes one square. Pick something you'd genuinely enjo...

11 Marras 1min

It's the first Monday after the trip. The suitcase is still half unpacked on the bedroom floor, there's sand in the car, and the inbox has a number on it you'd rather not read. By Wednesday the vacati...

11 Marras 4min

The alarm went off, and your hand found the phone before your eyes were all the way open. The time, the weather, a headline, and an email marked quick question that was never quick. Then a lunch to pa...

11 Marras 3min

If the phone is in your hand before you're out of bed, this short practice is for you. You set it up once, any time today, and it does its work the next time your alarm goes off.Set your phone's sched...

10 Marras 1min

The alarm goes off at six, and before your feet find the floor the phone is already in your hand. The weather. A terrible headline from the other side of the world. A work email marked urgent that cam...

10 Marras 5min

Somewhere on the drive home you thought, for about half a second, about calling someone. Then a reminder popped up, or the radio came on, or you just needed the quiet. At home it was dinner, homework ...

10 Marras 3min