Decrease Teacher Stress and Improve Mental Health with a 4-Day Intensive Mindfulness Program By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “when teachers practice mindfulness, students’ misbehavior and other stressors become like water off a duck’s back, allowing them to stay focused on what teachers really want to do: teach.” – Vickie Zakrzewski Stress […]
Lunchtime Mindfulness and Exercise Training have only Weak Benefits for Stress and Mental Health By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. ”The research is strong for mindfulness’ positive impact in certain areas of mental health, including stress reduction, emotion and attention regulation, reduced rumination, for reducing mild to moderate depression and anxiety, and preventing depressive relapse.” – Kelle Walsh Over the last several […]
Reduce Biochemical Stress Responses in Hispanic Breast Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is a state of mind which we can all acquire and use to support our wellbeing physically, emotionally and mentally. . . Having cancer, or specifically breast cancer. . . experiences take up a lot […]
Reduce Stress and Improve the Psychological Health of Teachers with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness training for teachers can help them cope better with stress on the job while also making the classroom environment more productive for learning.” – Jill Suttie Stress is epidemic in the western workplace with […]
Relieve Stress and Burnout in Primary Care Physicians with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Dealing with sick, scared, suffering and dying patients is draining all by itself. Throw in distraction by negative emotions like worry, anger, frustration, righteous indignation … and you can easily double the energy drain. . . With […]
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 Tolerance of Distress and Psychological State with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Distress Tolerance skills are used to help us cope and survive during a crisis, and helps us tolerate short term or long term pain (physical or emotional). Tolerating distress includes a mindfulness of breath and mindful awareness of situations and ourselves.” […]
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 […]
Improve Dementia Caregiver Psychological Health and Stress with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “people who care for family members with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in the home experienced a decrease in perceived stress and mood disturbance when practicing Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR).” – Heather Stang Dementia is a progressive […]
Improve Dementia Patient Caregiver Mental Health and Reduce Stress with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “To my mother, I owe the experience of being with her since the beginning of her dementia, and the ability to notice what a difference mindfulness practice made in our relationship. From feeling only grief, to […]