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Meet Melanie
Through mindfulness, she found deeper resilience to help care for a parent with cancer.
Welcome to Meet Our Community!
This is a place where we are sharing real-life experiences from Mindfulness.com community members — both as a way to help you feel connected to people all around the world who are on the mindfulness journey with you, and also so you can see how regular, simple mindfulness practices are helping people deal with challenges, increase happiness, and improve their everyday wellbeing.
We’d love to introduce you to Melanie. Melanie wrote to us from the Midwest United States. She’d had some prior exposure to mindfulness, but was also looking for a companion to help her start and deepen her own regular practice.
Along the way, she also became a secondary caregiver to her ailing father, and she found that her regular practice had been an important part of building resilience and helped her be present with her parents during that time.
Read Melanie’s full story and find out how mindfulness has changed her life:
I needed a guide for the journey
I participated in an MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) course and needed something to assist me daily with my practice. This app has been a great way to do so.
I've become more present in life, and as an adult who was a secondary caretaker, helping my mom out with my father, who recently died of cancer, a regular practice has also helped me be a more resilient, patient, and present support.
How mindfulness helps me in daily life
I can say finally at 50+ years of age that I am more comfortable in my own skin. Being able to stay present helps me better set my course for the day, the week, and the month ahead.
As a caregiver, being present with my parents and not focusing on the future had been a big help. All I had was that time, and all I could control was my response to that moment.
I also appreciate the clarity that a regular practice brings. I'm still working through what I want to be when I grow up, and mindfulness has helped me start to shape my dreams into reality.
Advice I would give to someone starting out with mindfulness and how to tackle life with mindfulness is:
Stay with it. Don't "should" yourself about having to practice daily. Just do it when you are able. Soon you’ll start to feel the difference, and it will become a regular habit.
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If Melanie’s story resonates with you, and you’re longing to build resilience while juggling multiple life challenges and obligations — we invite you to try mindfulness. A simple daily practice can help ground you in the present moment, accept yourself more fully, and navigate life’s unpredictable changes.
Inside the app, you’ll find a wide variety of resources, from courses to meditations to mini-practices, that can help calm your body and mind, and help you cultivate a sense of inner strength to carry you through.
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Vidyamala’s tips on catching anger as it’s happening or about to happen are great - clear, practical, and doable.
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The little talks before the meditations are priceless. It's like I've found my peeps. The topics, the quotes, the goals—it all makes so much sense to me, things I want to be thinking and learning about. Most importantly, the meditations are kindness-centered, which I love. It feels like a new way to approach meditation.
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Incredible, easy to navigate app. I would highly recommend this app to anyone who wishes to reduce stress and anxiety or simply as an aid to improve overall mental health.
- Kirtus
I love how the app gives me pointers to new things to explore.
- Lydia
So calm and soothing. I love the new bundle with Kelly Boys, she’s brilliant!
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Better than Headspace. I've had the paid version of both apps, and I must say I enjoy this one better.
- Gina, Plus+ Member
Vidyamala’s tips on catching anger as it’s happening or about to happen are great - clear, practical, and doable.
- Vicoir
The little talks before the meditations are priceless. It's like I've found my peeps. The topics, the quotes, the goals—it all makes so much sense to me, things I want to be thinking and learning about. Most importantly, the meditations are kindness-centered, which I love. It feels like a new way to approach meditation.
- Lauren
Incredible, easy to navigate app. I would highly recommend this app to anyone who wishes to reduce stress and anxiety or simply as an aid to improve overall mental health.
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I love how the app gives me pointers to new things to explore.
- Lydia
So calm and soothing. I love the new bundle with Kelly Boys, she’s brilliant!
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Better than Headspace. I've had the paid version of both apps, and I must say I enjoy this one better.
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I am very new to meditation, and am so happy that my first introduction to it has been through this app
The first session was fantastic. I feel safe. And supported. Almost like having someone helping me through my difficult time. I’m very grateful for this app.
- Babi
You get a lot of useful tips for handling stress and anxiety in 'real life'.
- Joy
Highly recommend.
- Humanfrst
Kelly Boys is hands down the best. Everytime I click on one of her guided meditations I get excited for the calmness that lies ahead.
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I am very new to meditation, and am so happy that my first introduction to it has been through this app
The first session was fantastic. I feel safe. And supported. Almost like having someone helping me through my difficult time. I’m very grateful for this app.
- Babi
You get a lot of useful tips for handling stress and anxiety in 'real life'.
- Joy
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- Humanfrst
Kelly Boys is hands down the best. Everytime I click on one of her guided meditations I get excited for the calmness that lies ahead.
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