Media & Press
This page highlights selected articles, interviews, and media features with Dr. Shalini Bahl that showcase her insights on mindfulness, real-world practice, leadership, ethics, and skillful living.
Her work bridges research, lived experience, and public dialogue—bringing mindfulness into conversations about everyday life, work, community, and collective well-being.
Recognition
10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2025
Recognition naming Dr. Shalini Bahl among the most influential women shaping contemporary mindfulness practice.
mindful magazine
Massachusetts House of Representatives Citation: 2025
Recognizing the naming of Dr. Shalini Bahl among the most influential women in the mindfulness movement.
MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
featured articles & essays
Cultivating Mindfulness Beyond Meditation: How 8 Skills Empower Us in Everyday Life, 2024
Explores why meditation alone is not enough for real-world transformation and how eight mindfulness skills support clarity, wise action, and everyday practice.
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Making Space: A Mindful Guide to Processing Post-Election Emotions, 2024
Offers three practical steps and a guided meditation to help process emotional intensity with grace, rest, and care during polarizing times.
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How to Be Mindful When It Matters Most, 2021
Reflects on applying mindfulness in difficult, emotionally charged moments—when practice is needed most.
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How We Can All Thrive in an Interconnected World, 2021
Explores interconnectedness, compassion, and responsibility as foundations for collective well-being.
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Having a Tough Conversation? Try the Reset Practice, 2020
Introduces a practical mindfulness reset to support clarity and care during challenging conversations.
5 Minutes to Focus with Shalini Bahl, 2024
A short audio practice series designed to cultivate focus and presence in everyday life.
mindful.org
Shalini Bahl on How to Develop Mindfulness During Stressful or Uncertain Times, 2024
An in-depth interview on navigating uncertainty using mindfulness skills rooted in real-world practice.
Authority Magazine
Mindfulness Trends in the Workplace, 2018
Examines the growing role of mindfulness in organizational culture and leadership.
BusinessWorld
How the Different Voices in Your Head Affect What You Eat, Drink, Wear, Drive, and Buy, 2010
A feature on inner dialogue and decision-making grounded in consumer psychology.
Time
Consumers Face Inner Conflict When It Comes to Making Decisions, 2009
Discusses internal conflict and choice through the lens of research on the dialogical self.
The Times of India
Talking to Ourselves: How Consumers Navigate Choices and Inner Conflict, 2009
Summarizes research on how people negotiate competing inner voices when making decisions.
Science Daily
news & commentary
Beyond Boycotts – Mindful Spending’s Real Impact, Guest Column by Shalini Bahl, 2025
Explores how mindful, values-aligned consumption can create deeper impact beyond performative boycotts.
daily hampshire gazette
Beyond Empathy – A Compassionate Approach to Polarizing Issues in Amherst, Guest Column by Shalini Bahl, 2024
Reflects on moving beyond empathy toward compassion and skillful engagement in divided communities.
daily hampshire gazette
Former Amherst Councilor Draws on Experience in New Book on “Mindfulness”, 2024
Profiles Dr. Bahl’s book Return to Mindfulness and its grounding in civic and lived experience, by Scott Merzbach
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Amherst Councilors Up for Anti-Racism Training Despite Reservations, 2021
Local coverage of civic dialogue and leadership.
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Making History: Amherst Ushers in First-Ever Town Council, 2018
Coverage of a key civic milestone.
Daily Hampshire Gazette
AMA Honors Research on How Mindfulness Helps Consumer Decision-Making, 2019
Highlights national recognition of mindfulness research.
EurekAlert
Four Indian-Americans Reelected to U.S. House and Over a Dozen Others in Midterms, 2018
National coverage referencing civic leadership and representation.
Economic Times
talks & video
TEDx — Returning to the Field Within: How to Be Mindful When It Matters Most
A TEDx talk on applying mindfulness skills in real-world moments of challenge.
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Byline with Stan Rosenberg (Former State Senator)
What Does Mindfulness Mean and How Can It Serve Me as a Town Councilor
NBC (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Art of Living Course
All One Health
Mindfulness at Work: New Approaches to Enhance Focus & Well-Being
The Journey
Mindful Marketing and More
podcast
12 Minute Meditation by Mindful
A Meditation for Collective Healing with Shalini Bahl (2025)
youtube
Mindfulness Voyage 015 -- Return to Mindfulness (2024)
Dr. Shalini Bahl speaks with Ted Meissner about her book, and the underlying process of bringing mindfulness into everyday life.
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Mindfulness Mode (2020)
Transforming Adversity: “It’s Just Different”
Mindfulness Mode
The Nishant Garg Show (2020)
Dr. Shalini Bahl speaks with Ted Meissner about her book, and the underlying process of bringing mindfulness into everyday life.
Mindful Podcast (2020)
A Practice to Reset Tough Conversations
Connect & Collaborate
Speaking, teaching, consulting, media inquiries, or collaborations.
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