Patricia Rockman

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Patricia Rockman

Patricia Rockman is a physician with a focused practice in mental health and mindfulness based programs. She is a clinician, public speaker, and published author. She trains and mentors healthcare providers in the delivery of clinical mindfulness nationally and internationally. She co-founded the Centre for Mindfulness Studies and is an associate professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Family Medicine.

Articles by Patricia Rockman

Why Cancer Survivors Need Mindfulness
Mindfulness For

Why Cancer Survivors Need Mindfulness

Serious illness often marks both body and mind: Mindfulness helps us to face what we would rather not: learning from the unwanted, perhaps even being enriched by it. Read More

Making Peace with Cancer
Magazine

Making Peace with Cancer

We don’t always get to choose how our lives play out. Read More

The Downward Spiral of Shame
Expert Interviews

The Downward Spiral of Shame

You aren't defined by your most shameful moments, say Patricia Rockman. Learn how to transform this most paralyzing of emotions. Read More

Mindfulness is Not a Panacea
Getting Started

Mindfulness is Not a Panacea

Mindfulness is not simply about being in the present moment. It's about knowing when to deal with difficulty and when we need to look after ourselves by perhaps deliberately practicing avoidance. Read More

How to Cultivate Curiosity in Your Mindfulness Practice
Breathing Meditations

How to Cultivate Curiosity in Your Mindfulness Practice

Mindfulness is disruptive, says Patricia Rockman, because it changes how we pay attention to things, and ultimately, our experience of the world. Here are mindfulness techniques that can help you shift your focus. Read More

Using Mindfulness to Navigate “Self”
Depression & Grief

Using Mindfulness to Navigate “Self”

Holding onto pain and loss keeps us mired in anxiety and perpetuates our problems over the long term. Mindfulness can help us change our relationship to what we find limiting in our lives. Read More

Why Self-Compassion is the New Mindfulness
Loving-Kindness & Compassion

Why Self-Compassion is the New Mindfulness

When we have trouble being vulnerable, "self-compassion" can seem like "self-indulgence." But fessing up to when we fall short can bring out our best, happiest, selves. Read More

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