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Welcome to the Calm Blog. Our clinically-backed articles and resources are here to help you stress less, sleep more, live mindfully, and feel better, wherever you are on your mental health journey.
New & Featured Articles
Introducing Calm 365 Collection — a brand new paperback journal and wall calendar for 2027, with unique daily prompts to support your growth and well-being.
Living with agoraphobia can feel isolating. Discover 9 clinically backed ways to ease your fear of leaving the house and start taking confident steps toward calm and freedom.
Psst: there's no “best” place to meditate. Some spots just make it feel more natural. Here's how to find the right location for your next meditation session, indoors or out.
Meditation & Mindfulness
Introducing Calm 365 Collection — a brand new paperback journal and wall calendar for 2027, with unique daily prompts to support your growth and well-being.
Psst: there's no “best” place to meditate. Some spots just make it feel more natural. Here's how to find the right location for your next meditation session, indoors or out.
Meditation can be a supportive and adaptable tool for autistic people. Discover the benefits, along with 11 mindfulness exercises worth trying.
Learn what qigong is, how it brings together meditation, breath, and movement to support your well-being, and how to practice if you’re a beginner.
Stress & Anxiety
Emotional flooding can turn arguments into blowups fast. Learn what it is, why it happens in relationships, and how to calm yourself down in the thick of it.
From generalized anxiety to social anxiety to panic disorder, here's a breakdown of the 7 most common types of anxiety, their signs, and what you can do about them.
Taking care of your mental health is essential during the holidays. Explore 10 self-care tips to help you cope and how to avoid common triggers of holiday anxiety.
Explore what grounding is and how it can help with stress, anxiety, and depression. Plus, 15 tips and tricks on how to ground yourself, including the 54321 technique.
Sleep
Nightmares can be a nightmare for your health and well-being. Find out what causes bad dreams to learn how to prevent them, and fall back to sleep more easily.
A circadian rhythm sleep disorder can leave you tired at all the wrong times. Learn the symptoms, what disrupts your rhythm, and 6 ways to treat a CRSD.
Want to know how to dream more? Learn 6 tips to increase how often you dream and whether melatonin can help. Plus, how to remember your dreams and make them more vivid.
From what’s going on in your brain to how sleep deprivation can affect your health, these 16 sleep facts are sure to open your eyes (and make you rethink your routine).
Mental Health
Introducing Calm 365 Collection — a brand new paperback journal and wall calendar for 2027, with unique daily prompts to support your growth and well-being.
Living with agoraphobia can feel isolating. Discover 9 clinically backed ways to ease your fear of leaving the house and start taking confident steps toward calm and freedom.
Languishing is that stuck-in-a-fog feeling — and it’s more common than you think. Find out what it is, why it happens, and 10 small shifts to start feeling better now.
If you're struggling to focus or get things done, body doubling might help. Explore what it is, why it can boost motivation, and 9 tips to help you try it for yourself.
Personal Growth
Introducing Calm 365 Collection — a brand new paperback journal and wall calendar for 2027, with unique daily prompts to support your growth and well-being.
Do you feel like you're always behind? Learn how to be more productive with 6 strategies for better focus, less procrastination, and calmer days.
If you have a hard time pausing before you act, you’re not alone. Learn why impulse control can be so tough, and 7 tips to help you strengthen it.
The winter solstice is a great time to reflect and set intentions. Learn what this celebration is all about, and 7 rituals to spark gratitude and welcome the return of light.