Stimulating the vagus nerve with a device attached to the outer ear can help make compassion meditation training more effective at boosting people's capacity for self-kindness and mindfulness, finds a ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. A devoted meditator, Eli ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Feeling burned out? Join Dr. Kristen Neff as she guides us through a calming practice to bring kindness and support to ourselves during tough times. Dr ...

Stimulating the vagus nerve with a device attached to the outer ear can help make compassion meditation training more effective at boosting people's capacity for self-kindness and mindfulness, finds a ...

Over the past few months, I’ve been hearing more and more accounts of people using meditation to successfully manage their worries or distress. There’s also plenty of research support for the ...

Self-compassion is the ongoing practice of relating to yourself kindly and fairly. It is especially helpful during times of stress and suffering. Self-compassion is not kicking yourself when you’re ...

In a recent study published in Health Care for Women International, researchers explore the impact of transcendental meditation (TM), a technique using a mantra for deep relaxation and heightened ...

A combination of stress and self-compassion leads to resilience. Source: AleksandarGeorgiev / iStock Does stress help us become more resilient? It’s normal to feel stressed by life’s difficulties or ...

A peer-reviewed study published today in Health Care for Women International found that the Transcendental Meditation ® (TM ®) technique can empower the lives of female youth living under conditions ...

Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labor, but it is. Research on the ...