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In the spring of 2020, a severe respiratory virus known as the coronavirus (COVID-19) swept over the world. Mitigating the spread of the virus presented a prime opportunity for behavior analysts to expand into public health policies as behaviors such as masking, social distancing, vaccinations, and travel bans were implemented. However, behavior analysts remained underutilized in the efforts to shape these impactful social behaviors. One understudied area within the field of behavior analysis is social discounting which involves social choices related to how participants respond based on the impact their decision has on others. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness exercise on participants’ risk-taking behavior, particularly how immediate and distant social networks are weighed at the expense of forgoing a desirable activity. Thirty-three participants completed a social discounting questionnaire and novel risk-taking game prior to and after watching a brief mindfulness video. Following the intervention, decreases in impulsive responding were observed across all social distances. These results serve as a potential model that can be used to promote improved adherence to social distancing and pandemic related behaviors.