Mindfulness Taught in Person or Online Improves Psychological Well-Being By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The practice of a face-to-face or an online MBSR course reduces general psychological distress regardless of the course modality.” – Tomás Esteban Sard-Peck Mindfulness training has been shown to improve health and well-being in healthy individuals. It has also been found to […]
Reduce Stress and Increase Work Engagement with an Online Mindfulness Course By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When we constantly flit from one task to another, the quality of our work can suffer. By practicing mindfulness — simply coming back to the present moment over and over again — we can train ourselves […]
Reduce Negative Self-Representations and Improve Social Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “for dealing with social anxiety, it is much more useful to practice mindful focus during conversations and other situations around people in which we are uncomfortable.” – Larry Cohen Being in a social […]
Improve Psychological Well-Being in Covid-19 Lockdown with Online Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness is one tool that can help promote mental wellness throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.” – Julie Dunn Mindfulness training has been shown to improve health and well-being in healthy individuals. It has also been found to be effective for […]
Improve Well-Being and Workplace Performance with Online Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “online mindfulness intervention seems to be both practical and effective in decreasing employee stress, while improving resiliency, vigor, and work engagement, thereby enhancing overall employee well-being.” – Kimberly Aikens Work is very important for our health and […]
Reduce Psychological Distress and Improve Emotion Regulation with Online Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindful emotion regulation represents the capacity to remain mindfully aware at all times, irrespective of the apparent valence or magnitude of any emotion that is experienced. It does not entail suppression of the emotional experience, nor any […]
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 […]
Mindfulness Training Produces no Harm By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “the occurrence of AEs during or after meditation practices is not uncommon, and may occur in individuals with no previous history of mental health problems.” – M. Farias People begin meditation with the misconception that meditation will help them escape from […]
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 […]
Mindfulness Improves the Psychological Well-Being of Teachers in Non-Western Societies By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Teachers who practice “mindfulness” are better able to reduce their own levels of stress and prevent burnout.” – Dee DiGioia Stress is epidemic in the western workplace with almost two thirds of workers reporting high levels […]