The Key Benefits of Mindfulness

Ruth Ben-Ghiat: We'll be back next week to talk about the benefits of mindfulness. People who practice mindfulness are not plagued by self-doubts in the same way, she says. They're not as likely to be charged with fight or flight because they're just not reactive and can handle a threat more calmly than if they'd reacted faster. The smallest actions can even contain your highest ideals when you slow them down, writes Ben- Ghiat.