Improve the Emotion Regulation of Midwives with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness practice has been shown to improve emotion regulation. Practitioners demonstrate the ability to fully sense and experience emotions but respond to them in more appropriate […]
Reduce Psychological Distress by Increasing Emotion Regulation with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When the chest is opening, the mind is opening, and we feel emotionally shiny and stability comes.” – Vanda Scaravelli Mindfulness practice has been shown to improve emotion regulation. Practitioners demonstrate the ability to fully sense and […]
Improve Emotion Regulation and Well-Being During Covid-19 with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “A mindfulness practice can help us connect with awareness and let things come and go without our attention getting stuck on it. It can also help us make better choices. Between the emotion and the action, there is […]
Meditation Effects on Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation are Associated with Changes in Brain Activity By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “the meditation intervention had large varying effects on EEG spectra, . . Findings suggest that brief guided meditation intervention may offer positive and immediate health benefits to help combat stress.” – Peta Stapleton […]
Improve Graduate Student Emotion Regulation and Reduce Stress with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “graduate students . . . who practiced mindfulness reported a statistically significant reduction in depression and increased self-efficacy, hope and resilience.” – Coleen Flaherty In the modern world education is a key for success. Where a […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being and Emotion Regulation with a Mindfulness Smartphone App By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “We know that the effect of this pandemic on people’s mental health is huge. . . Through the app . . You are led through a multi-sensory process of imagining yourself in a particular situation. . […]
Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Improving Emotion Regulation with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “People who meditate regularly reported feeling more balanced and less stressed, and . . . improved the outcomes when they were added to cardiac rehabilitation programmes for patients with CHD.” – Heart Matters Cardiovascular disease is […]
Change the Brain to Improve Emotion Regulation in Bereaved Individuals with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “It takes a boat load of self-compassion to allow oneself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at any given time, without judgment, without comparison relative to another’s explicit portrayal of their own process. […]
Improve Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By way of mindfulness meditation, individuals can learn how to regulate their emotions in a way that aversive stimuli will be viewed objectively; thus, the person can be free of attachment from said negative feelings.” – Thomas M Jones Mindfulness practice has been shown […]
Improve Well-Being and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Primary School Children with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “In today’s rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.” -Eckhart Tolle- Childhood is a miraculous period during which the child is […]