Relieve Depression with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Still, there are a handful of key areas — including depression, chronic pain, and anxiety — in which well-designed, well-run studies have shown benefits for patients engaging in a mindfulness meditation program, with effects similar to other existing treatments.” […]
Improve Inflammation and Depression with Mild Cognitive Impairment with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “adults with mild cognitive impairment who practice mindfulness meditation could experience a boost in cognitive reserve.” – Monica Beyer The aging process involves a systematic progressive decline in every system in the body, the brain included. […]
Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Practicing mindfulness can assist with uncertainty about the future, depression, fear of recurrence and anxiety as well as mitigate physical symptoms such as fatigue, pain, and sleep disturbance.” – Erin Murphy-Wilczek Receiving a diagnosis of cancer has […]
Mindfulness Training Improves Anxiety and Depression in Japanese Patients By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation was never conceived of as a treatment for any health problem. Rather, it is a path one travels on to increase our awareness and gain insight into our lives.” – Madhav Goyal Many of the symptoms […]
Improve Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms and Lower Rumination with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness-based practices have proved to be helpful in promoting mental well-being, especially by reducing the symptoms of depression and anxiety in various populations.” – Han Ding Over the last several decades, research and anecdotal experiences […]
Reduce Anxiety and Depression with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Being unwilling to experience negative thoughts, feelings, or sensations is often the first link in a mental chain that can lead to automatic, habitual, and critical patterns of mind becoming re-established. By accepting unpleasant experiences, we can shift our attention to […]
Reduce Stress with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “We’ve seen this in the clinical domain for many years. People, in concert with their physicians… actually going off their medications for pain, for anxiety, for depression, as they begin to learn the self-regulatory elements of mindfulness. They discover that […]
Reduce Menopausal Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression during Menopause with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness cannot entirely remove the symptoms of menopause, but it can help you deal with them in a calmer and more compassionate way – and self compassion boosts mental health.” – Karita Cullen Menopause occurs in […]
Reduce Depression and Anxiety Around Pregnancy with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By learning mindfulness skills as part of their childbirth education, expectant mothers can reappraise the impending birth as something they can handle instead of viewing it as something to fear.” – Larissa Duncan The perinatal period, from the […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “If you have unproductive worries you can train yourself to experience those thoughts completely differently. You might think ‘I’m late, I might lose my job if I don’t get there on time, and it will be a disaster!’ Mindfulness teaches you to recognize, ‘Oh, there’s that thought […]