THE BLOG
The science and stories of living well
This blog started as a journalist’s search for answers about what keeps us well, from mindfulness and food to sleep, relationships and mental health. It still is. You’ll find a mix of the best available evidence, interviews with leading experts and stories from real people. But lately I’ve been less interested in just knowing what works and more interested in making it happen, in our homes, our schools and our communities.
– JOURNALIST AND FILMMAKER WORKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STORY AND IMPACT
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It was a story of a young man who has dropped out of university because he can’t cope with the pressure of studying during a pandemic, it was hearing that two girls I know couldn’t see their dad on Father’s Day because he’s having another breakdown, it was the news that a mother of three … Read full article »
“I think it would be really helpful if you could share practical tips for people on how they can just turn their minds off,” said Andrea, who works in the HR department at a multi-national software company.* Andrea was calling because she was providing copies of my latest film, My Year of Living Mindfully to … Read full article »
I couldn’t stop myself from marvelling at the bright-eyed woman across from me who I knew was experiencing what most people would consider intolerable pain, but was somehow nevertheless radiant, light-hearted and completely present as we sat eating a meal together. The lunch date was both professional and personal. I was profiling Vidyamala Burch in … Read full article »
Introduction One of the most frequently asked questions after people have seen my feature documentary My Year of Living Mindfully is: How do I get started on my own mindful experiment? Before you continue reading this guide though, the first thing I’d like to ask you in return is: Do you actually want to start … Read full article »
I’m often asked why I went to so much trouble to make my new documentary My Year of Living Mindfully. The project took me and my co-producer (and husband, Jules Harvey) almost three years from start to finish. It involved a 30,000 kilometres journey around the world from the bright lights of Manhattan to the … Read full article »
- Addiction, default mode network, depression, Judson Brewer, McMindfulness, mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees (MBTR-R), Moments of Refuge, refugee mental health, trauma, Willem Kuyken, Willoughby Britton
I’d like to do an experiment. I’m about to write a couple of sentences and I want you to read them. But after you’ve read them, I don’t want you to think about what I’ve written. Ready? The pink elephant is coming, but don’t worry. Actually, there are a lot of pink elephants coming and … Read full article »
The work I produce is unoriginal, meaningless tripe…I’m a terrible mother, who’s always too tired for her kids…I can’t cook… All this, according to the voice in my head, is fact. Fortunately, of late, I’ve been learning not to believe everything I think. I first began taking notice of the mean voice in my head … Read full article »
I confess that I was terrified when I picked up Ronald Purser’s new book McMindfulness. It had been a long time coming after the management professor from San Francisco State University embraced the Mindful Crank persona in 2014 and wrote a series of provocative articles such as The Myth of the Present Moment, and Beyond … Read full article »
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Raising Superheroes
A mother’s search for answers to the youth mental health crisis leads her across the world, to a truth she did not expect to find, and into a fight she never expected to join.
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My Year of Living Mindfully
My Year of Living Mindfully is the new feature documentary from journalist and filmmaker Shannon Harvey. Overwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable…
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The Connection
ABOUT THE FILM The Connection is a feature documentary that uncovers the latest science in mind body medicine and proves we have much more to say a…
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The Whole Health Life
“In The Whole Health Life Shannon Harvey writes with real heart, relentless honesty, journalistic insight and broad understanding. On top of all th…