Society for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter – Dec 2024

Why Not Mindfulness?

Turn on the news these days and what do you see? Countries fighting to protect their borders. People protesting to protect their freedoms. Families mourning the loss of loved ones due to social injustice,mass shootings, or the actions of terrorists. In the United States, all this is happening against the backdrop of the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social injustices of 2020. Some might describe us a country divided and angry, scarred, and scared.

Mindfulness and loving kindness have the potential to increase our connection to others, to be more forgiving and loving of ourselves and each other. By staying grounded in the present moment, by embracing our collective humanity, and further, by extending loving kindness to ourselves and others, we can potentially heal not only ourselves, but also the world that we live in.