60 Mindful Minutes

How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? This is the question Dr. Marisa G. Franco explores in her new book, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep—Friends. Using insights from attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friend...

Most people—even our own family and closest friends—have no idea what we have on our plate, how hard we're trying, or what we're accomplishing and creating. What if we got used to asking each other this question: What would you like to be acknowledged for? I'll tell you from my own experience, an entirely different sort of exchange ensues. Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams t...

Your ability to flex your thoughts, feelings, and actions can transform your life, bolster your resilience, and foster your zest for living. Elaine Fox, PhD, psychologist and researcher, studies the science of neurological flexibility. In her new book, Switch Craft: The Hidden Power of Mental Agility , Elaine explores how we can expand and improve our mental agility, and why it is so critical to b...

"If you want to show up in this life, you've got to begin by showing up in your body," writes Erica Hornthal in her new book Body Aware. Erica believes it's time to redefine what movement is and how it plays a role in our lives. As a licensed clinical professional counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist, she helps people harness the power of movement and see that the way they might...

Gratitude, as I've come to see it, is a skill that requires nurturing. The more you're present to what you're thankful for, the happier you'll become. This week I offer two practices for strengthening your gratitude muscle.   Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com   Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both produ...

Are you madly in love with your life? Do you want to be? Being madly in love with your life will mean something different to everyone, of course, but I've discovered that there are a few common threads and universal through lines that can help us think about it for ourselves. And I wanted to share them with you this week.   Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com...

Ainsley Arment wants families to be wild and free. While that's going to look different for each of us, being wild and free means that we're each creating the life we want with intention. As the author of The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection and the founder and leader of the Wild + Free organization, Ainsley thinks a lot about what it...

Remote work exploded over the past two years, and as a result, millions of people now find themselves in the position to ask this life-changing question: If I can work anywhere, where shall I live? This is the inquiry that author Melody Warnick explores in her new book, If You Could Live Anywhere. Along the way she considers the importance of place, cost of living and community but also our leanin...

We spend a tremendous amount of our lives working. Work can give meaning, purpose and direction to your lives, and it can be the place where we shine, grow and make a difference. It can also be a source of great stress and strain, especially when our work and home life blurs or becomes out of balance. In her new book, Career Self-Care: Find Your Happiness, Success, and Fulfillment at Work, writer...

There's something powerful that happens when we give up screens one day a week. In her book, 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week, author and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain shares how her family have gained more time, productivity, connection, and presence by adopting the ancient ritual of Shabbat. Based on her own experience of taking a tech-free day, she humbly offers a blueprint for how we ca...

Have you ever been walking home from work and unexpectedly took a different path just to curiously explore your neighborhood? Or have you been on a vacation and walked around a new city with no destination in mind? Then chances are, you're a flaneur and you didn't even know it! This week I welcome Erika Owen, the author of The Art of Flaneuring: How to Wander with Intention and Discover a Better L...

(Summer Replay) If you want to feel more joy and aliveness in your life, cultivate wonder. Our ability to place our attention on all the beauty and magic around us is directly connected to how joyful, grateful and happy we feel. According to writer and artist Andrea Scher, author of Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake Up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy, all we need to find wonder and awe is an open h...

Each day we make dozens of choices, including how to spend our time, money and energy. In the new book, Handbook for an Integrated Life: A Practical Guide to Aligning Your Everyday Choices with Your Internal Compass, author and philanthropy expert Sharon Schneider explores the ways we can integrate our values and desires to do good in the world with the things we are already doing. From buying hab...

There's value in asking the question: is my relationship with alcohol working for me and my life? There's a myth that we need alcohol to relax and have fun. But run a cost/benefit analysis, and really look at what alcohol may be costing you (and the amount of space it may take up in your head), and it's possible to discover that maybe alcohol really doesn't work for you at all. In her book, Soberf...

From juice bars and meditation retreats to crystals and mindfulness apps, wellness has pervaded almost every aspect of our lives. In our uncertain and chaotic world, it's easy to imagine how hard we're all trying to feel well. In fact, there's a trillion-dollar wellness industry that is capitalizing on, perhaps even exploiting, our deep yearning to feel whole, steady and well. But it begs the ques...

In the book, Box Lunch Lifestyle: Using Your Lunch Break to Win Back the Life You Deserve , author Cheryl Johnson uses the common, everyday experience of a lunch break as a kind of metaphor for how we live our lives. Are our breaks rushed with almost no time to nourish ourselves, or do we build boundaries so that we make time for what matters for us? Are we constantly flying by the seat of our pan...

There are times when life requires us to have grit and to tough things out. But the hammer isn't the only tool in our toolbox. Steve Magness, author of the book, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness , offers a new model for how we can respond to our struggles, stressors and discomforts. A performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, he cha...

Resilience isn't something we're innately born with; it's something we develop over time. In her new book, Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World , author and behavioral science researcher Kristen Lee shares how bravery is a process that we can undergo with intention. By engaging in strategic risk-taking and using small, intention...

Our ability to be conscious of and to direct our own thoughts and emotions forms the bedrock of our emotional intelligence and self-awareness. As we raise our awareness of our inner workings, we may discover that our mind is made up of mental habits that cause us to interpret the world around us and act accordingly. In her book, Beyond Emotional Intelligence: A Guide to Accessing Your Full Potenti...

  When we can take a step back from our culture of constant motion and self-improvement, we may start to see the power in slowing down and making room for stillness in our lives. In her new book, Don't Just Sit There, Do Nothing, author Jessie Asya Kanzer shares her experience of using the Tao Te Ching to ground her life in intuition, and insight. The result is practical actionable insights on inc...

David Gandelman has helped thousands of students look within to find their own answers to life's big questions: Who am I? What am I here to do? How can I find happiness? In his new book, The Seven Energies of the Soul, he explores the concept that there are seven potent energies that exist within each individual soul. When any one or more of these energies is out of balance, our lives can become c...

Have you ever felt stuck, lost, uninspired, or simply bored? When we've left a houseplant too long in a pot that's too small, the plant will eventually stop growing and die. We humans are not much different. In her new book, Repotting Your Life: Sense When You're Stuck. Explore What's Possible. Claim Room to Grow , author Frances Edmonds explores how we can look at our lives and see when we've bec...

For those of us who are seekers, sometimes our next move isn't always clear. As we try to predict and plan, we can often look outside for clarity. But for Amber Rae, author of The Answers Are Within You: 108 Keys to Unlock Your Mind, Body & Soul, we are our own oracle. By simply posing deep questions, and making the space to look inside for the answers, we can gain the clarity and courage to trust...

When it comes to aging well, we often think about increasing our health and doing what we can to lower our risk of disease. But author and researcher Becca Levy sees another aspect of aging we ought to consider: our beliefs. In her new book, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Age Beliefs Determine How Long and Well You Live, Becca outlines a science-backed argument for how aging isn't just a physiolo...

If you are struggling to stay on top of your life—your to-do list, home, hygiene, meals, etc.—consider that it's not because you're lazy, even if this is what you've been told. Author KC Davis wants you to know this: messiness is not a moral failing. In her new book, How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing , KC takes on our 'push harder, be better' culture an...