How to Build a More Compassionate Mind
Our brains are organized around nurturing and generosity. We evolved cooperative, caring brains in order to care for our vulnerable young, and because we...
Dianna HillMental Health and Wellbeing
Meditation and mindfulness benefit our mental health in infinite ways. Trauma, anxiety, depression, and unhelpful psychological patterns are each soothed through awareness.
Learn how radical self-compassion and meditation help us conquer negative self talk. Mindfully navigate social media, a stressful workplace or interpersonal relationships. Build new habits and approach addiction recovery with awareness. Work through fears and trauma with meditation.
Explore the connection between mindfulness and psychological wellbeing with posts from leading physicians, spiritual teachers and Insight Timer staff writers.
A Guide to Better Sleep
This World Sleep Day, take the time to create your perfect sleep environment with these handy tips for a dreamy bedtime routine. Think of...
Laura Kelly
What Does it Really Mean to Accept and How to Do it with ACT
We have a lot of misconceptions about “Acceptance”. We think it means getting approval, liking something, allowing for oppression, resignation, or self-indulgence. But when I...
Dianna Hill
How to Manage Betrayal – Part 2
Betrayal can create profound disturbances in our ability to think clearly and plan our future. We may feel that our reset button has been...
Robert Leichtman, M.D
Coping with Betrayal – Part 1
A betrayal causes a deep wound to our sense of who we are. Once it occurs, we are never the same. Betrayal can permanently...
Robert Leichtman, M.D
The Hidden Cost of Perfectionism: Anxiety
Is it really all that bad to have high standards and strive to create the perfect, flawless life? Some people may feel that, as...
Insight Timer Editorial Team
Step By Step Guide To Positive Self-Talk
None of us want to move through life feeling miserable, but so many of us are stuck in a negative mindset without even realizing...
Kanwal Jehan
How To Work With Negative Self-Talk
It is a well-known fact that every healthy human being has an internal dialogue. This could be in the form of actual language or...
Isabelle Pikörn
The Kindness Zone
Kindness is much more than an odd token gesture that makes us feel good. Being kind to both ourselves and others is a viable...
Tom Evans
Calming And Healing The Fear Brain
Our fear brain, the amygdala, processes information about a situation four times faster than our thinking brain. This can result in rather difficult behavioral...
Dr. Kate Truitt