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5 ways to be mindful without meditating

There’s a certain disconnect that plagues almost everyone nowadays: your body is doing one thing—sitting in a meeting, eating dinner with the family—while your brain is miles away.

Call it being in two places at once, but mental-health experts say it’s more problematic. Not being grounded in the moment is an open invitation to stress and unpleasant emotions. “Our minds tend to focus on worries about the future, or upsets from the past, even when our body

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