# If Mindfulness Makes You Uncomfortable, It’s Working

<https://hbr.org/2015/12/if-mindfulness-makes-you-uncomfortable-its-working>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Therefore, we have to redefine mindfulness as more than feeling good, and instead see it as having an increased capacity to sit with the full spectrum of being human, experiencing it all — the good, the bad, and the ugly — and learning to be less reactive so that we can make better choices each day.

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