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Free articles, each with a practice

Plain-language explanations of how the mind works, what research suggests, and one short practice you can try today.

Overthinking and rumination

How to Stop Overthinking: A 10-Second Practice for the Loop

Why the harder you try to stop overthinking the louder it gets, and a four-step, ten-second practice for stepping out of the loop.

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Emotional triggers

Recognizing Emotional Triggers: Catching the Moment Before You React

A practical way to notice an emotional trigger in the moment, name it, and choose your response, with the research behind naming feelings.

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Self-compassion

How Self-Compassion Works (and a Way to Practice It)

What self-compassion is, what research suggests about it, and how the Empathy and Love movements of REAL Shift put it into practice.

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Awareness and thought

Awareness vs. Thought: What “You Are Not Your Thoughts” Actually Means

A plain-language look at the difference between thinking and awareness, with a short experiment you can run on your own experience.

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Attention

The Neuroscience of Attention: Why Returning Is the Skill

What research says about wandering attention and why noticing and returning, again and again, is the trainable part of any contemplative practice.

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