Hospitals, schools, prisons promote tout its benefits, and more than 1 in 5 employers offers training in it. But the way we practice mindfulness may be making us more selfish, says guest columnist Michael Poulin.

"I take issue with the fact that it has become routine to medicalize human suffering by attaching a mental health diagnosis to it. This doesn’t address the source of people’s anguish," says guest columnist Marnie Wedlake.

The only challenge Lynette Medley faced in opening The SPOT Period was the stigma in the community around menstrual care and the idea of a menstrual hub opening at all.

Here are five priorities learned from 2020 that demand new ways of learning, planning, thinking, and doing. More, they demand action, say guest columnists Meghan McVety and Jason Alexander.

A psychologist offers suggestions for how to keep calm and carry on.

At ECS’s Forum on Justice & Opportunity, the Scattergood Foundation and Azavea presented projects on understanding needs and assets, and strengthening social programs through data and evaluation.

"Many of us are juggling several roles amidst living in a global pandemic and continued exposure to racism and bias," says guest columnist Ami Patel Hopkins.

Even during year in which it is easy to stumble onto suffering, you can also stumble onto joy, says guest columnist Angela Gorrell.