Mindfulness Research
The Mindfulness Backlash: True or False?
Elisha Goldstein reviews how meditation has been discussed in the news recently.
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Mindfulness Research
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Category: Mindfulness Research
Anxiety
Can Mindfulness Help Stop Substance Abuse?
About half of substance abusers who enter treatment use again within a year. Can mindfulness help to cultivate moment-to-moment awareness?
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Mindfulness Research
Willoughby Britton: “The Messy Truth About Mindfulness”
"Confusion about mindfulness is warranted." Researcher and mindfulness practitioner Willoughby Britton discusses some of the excitement and pitfalls of mindfulness' rise to popularity.
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Mindfulness Research
Meeting the Bare Minimum for Meditation
Recent research suggests 25 to 30 minutes a day of meditation could result in measurable changes to the brain and our stress levels.
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Anxiety
Mindfulness Therapy Helps Prevent Drug and Alcohol Relapse
A treatment program incorporating mindfulness meditation is better over the long term than traditional approaches to preventing relapses of alcohol and drug abuse, according to a new study.
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Compassion
Teens Are Better Off When Parents Practice Self-Compassion (Study)
A new study finds that children of mindfully self-compassionate parents tend to have lower rates of anxiety and depression.
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Calm
Richie Davidson is Stalking the Meditating Brain
See current studies underway at Davidson's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.
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Calm
When Memory is Under Attack
A study suggests mindfulness improves working memory and reduces negative emotions in Marines before they deploy.
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Calm
5 Reasons Why Men Should Start Practicing Mindfulness
"There is an evolution afoot," says Elisha Goldstein.
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Calm
UMiami Hurricanes Learning Mindfulness
The University of Miami Hurricanes football program will partner with neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha to investigate how mindfulness training can help football players—just like the Seattle Seahawks.
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