Anxiety
When the Mind Goes Dark
When depression hits, can meditating help you work through it? Maybe, but not always. Psychologists weigh in on when mindfulness therapies can (and can’t) help to ease depression.
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Depression
Explore mindfulness techniques to combat depression. Find expert advice, personal stories, and practical exercises to foster mental health and emotional balance.
Anxiety
How Mindfulness May Change the Brain in Depressed Patients
Harvard researchers use brain scans to explore how 8-weeks of training in present-moment awareness might break the cycle of self-rumination.
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Anxiety
Can Compassion Training Help Physicians Avoid Burnout?
A new study suggests that compassion training may buffer against the detrimental effects of high-stress medical training, particularly for those prone to depression.
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Anxiety
Is Mindfulness the Future of Therapy?
Fifteen years after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was introduced to the world, this groundbreaking treatment only reaches a small percentage of people suffering from depression. Two innovators want to change that.
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Anxiety
Learning to Meditate Through Difficulty
Mindfulness teacher Ed Halliwell shares how he came to meditation after coping with anxiety and depression.
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Anxiety
A Classic Natural Anti-Depressant Practice
Everyone at some point in their life will be affected by depression whether it’s their own or someone they are close to. Almost 19 million Americans alone have periods where they feel a lack of pleasure or interest their usual activities combined with feeling tired and heavy, potentially overly emotional…
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Anxiety
A Natural Antidepressant Practice
The more periods of low moods we have in life, the more likely we are to fall back into them again.
Here's a mindfulness practice to break the cycle of ruminating thoughts that keep us stuck.
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Anxiety
Three Common Mind Traps That Sink Happiness
Some habitual ways of thinking can keep us stuck in a negative loop. Cultivating awareness of these "mind traps" can help you shift your attention.
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Anxiety
How Mindfulness Helps You Find Your Way Through Difficulty
If you take up the practice of meditation, the journey will go far beyond stress reduction, writes Ed Halliwell. Here are some of the qualities you’ll discover and explore as you travel.
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Anxiety
Meditation and Running: a Treatment for Depression
New research suggests combining mindfulness meditation and running into a mental health program could help reduce depression.
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