Meditation for Depression: Benefits and Cautions
Depression is heavy. Everything takes effort. The mind loops on hopelessness. Meditation can help—but it can also make things worse if approached carelessly. Here's what you need to know.
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Thoughts on meditation, mindfulness, and returning to what matters.
The Comeback: Mental Training After Time Away
Returning to sport after injury, illness, or life circumstances requires more than physical preparation. The mental challenges of comeback are often underestimated—and underaddressed.
PETTLEP Model: Evidence-Based Imagery for Sport
PETTLEP is the research-validated framework for effective sports imagery. Learn each component and how to apply this evidence-based approach to mental rehearsal.
Home Retreat Guide: Intensive Practice at Home
Can't get to a retreat center? You can create intensive practice conditions at home. Here's how to design, execute, and get the most from a DIY meditation retreat.
Esports Mental Training: Meditation for Competitive Gaming
Competitive gaming demands elite mental skills—reaction time, sustained focus, tilt management, and performance under pressure. Learn how meditation techniques apply to esports athletes.
Meditation for Track & Field: Event-Specific Mental Preparation
Track and field events demand different mental approaches—from explosive sprint starts to endurance pacing to technical field events. Learn event-specific meditation strategies.
Meditation for Lawyers and Legal Professionals
High stakes, demanding clients, relentless hours—legal work is among the most stressful professions. Meditation can help with focus, stress management, and the mental clarity that legal thinking requires.
Meditation During Major Illness
Cancer, heart disease, chronic conditions—major illness changes everything. Meditation won't cure you. But it can help you live fully in whatever time you have, with whatever body you have.
Retirement and Transition: Meditation Beyond Sport
Athletic careers end. The meditation skills developed for performance become essential for navigating the transition to life after sport and building meaning beyond competition.
Meditation for Chronic Pain Management
Pain that doesn't go away changes your relationship with your body, your mind, and your life. Meditation doesn't cure chronic pain—but it can fundamentally change how you experience it.
Mindful Weight Management for Athletes: Beyond the Scale
Weight management in sport can become obsessive, harmful, and counterproductive. Mindfulness offers a different approach—awareness without fixation, optimization without destruction, performance focus without disordered eating.
Morning vs Evening Meditation: Research and Recommendations
When is the best time to meditate—first thing in the morning or at the end of the day? Research and tradition offer guidance, but the best time is ultimately personal. Here's how to decide.