How mindfulness shows up in everyday life:

• Increasing your capacity for mindfulness supports many attitudes that contribute to a satisfied life. 
• Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures in life as they occur, helps you become fully engaged in activities, and creates a greater capacity to deal with adverse events. 
• By focusing on the here and now, many people who practice mindfulness find that they are less likely to get caught up in worries about the future or regrets over the past, are less preoccupied with concerns about success and self-esteem, and are better able to form deep connections with others. 

Mindfulness complements professional care for:

• depression and low mood
• substance use recovery
• eating disorder recovery
• couples' communication and conflict
• anxiety disorders
• obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Mindfulness isn't a replacement for professional treatment for these conditions, but it can be a valuable complementary practice alongside therapy or medical care.