INTERRUPTER: Stop and Smell the Roses
No, really. 1) Locate a flower in field of vision. 2) Stop.
3) Lean in and sniff. Wow.
Jeff Brantley
Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program at Duke University’s Center for Integrative Medicine. He is author of Calming Your Anxious Mind, Daily Meditations for Calming Your Anxious Mind and The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook.
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