Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), Mindful’s June 2013 cover story, spoke with Huffington Post Live about how he stays grounded in those more heated moments on the hill. “It’s easy to be good when times are good, it’s sometimes harder to maintain a connection to your values and your integrity when times are tough or someone is in your face,” says Ryan. “[Mindfulness] has helped me stay calm in those situations, stay respectful, be compassionate, because you have taught yourself, you’ve practiced, how to de-escalate your own emotional state.”
