Anxiety
Mindfulness for PTSD
Recent research suggests various mindfulness exercises could ease symptoms of PTSD.
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Difficult Experiences & Emotions
Anxiety
Using Mindfulness to Cope With Pain
When we become patients, we experience greater pain and limitation, but how we respond can make all the difference, says Susan Bauer-Wu. Barry Boyce reports.
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Empathy increases pain tolerance in patients: study
A new study demonstrates how doctors taking even a few minutes to chat with a patient before a procedure can increase the patient's pain tolerance.
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Anxiety
Veterans relearn compassion through meditation
How meditation helps vets "come home" to their lives.
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Anxiety
Mindfulness and Compassion Conference, March 8
This day-long conference focuses on the connections between mindfulness, compassion, and research, with keynote speaker Jon Kabat-Zinn.
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Stress and Mindfulness
Mark Williams, co-founder of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), on the history of stress.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and depression
A new study shows how MBCT reduces residual symptoms of depression.
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Anxiety
Study: Can MBSR help HIV-positive people who have acute stress?
A recent study followed a group of Iranians living with HIV over a period of a year. After following MBSR training, participants had an increase in CD4—a common marker used to track immune function and HIV progression.
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Anxiety
Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about getting started with meditation
In a recent Time article, mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn is interviewed about the basics of meditation, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and the health studies supporting its use.
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Anxiety
Mindfulness and Cravings
In my new book The Willpower Instinct, I describe one of my favorite studies of self-control. I call it the “torture experiment.” It reveals how mindfulness can help us break free from even the most difficult habits. Sarah Bowen, a research scientist in the…
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