Reduce Aggression in Law Enforcement Officers with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Law enforcement officers (LEOs) are exposed to significant stressors, elevating their risk for aggression and excessive use of force, as well as mental health consequences, including post-traumatic stress disorder, burnout, alcohol misuse, depression, and suicide. Mindfulness training is a […]
Reduce Aggression with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “young adults who participated in an app-based meditation training were less aggressive after receiving critical feedback, but not less angry. It suggests that being mindful doesn’t interfere with experiencing emotions, but changes how one responds to them.” – AMRA The human tendency […]
Reduce Aggression with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “young adults who participated in an app-based meditation training were less aggressive after receiving critical feedback, but not less angry. It suggests that being mindful doesn’t interfere with experiencing emotions, but changes how one responds to them.” – AMRA The human tendency […]
Mindfulness is Associated with Lower Aggression by Lowering Rumination By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness may restore the emotional resources needed to maintain self-control, and thus may have an important role to play in anger management by helping people to mindfully respond to provocation rather than react with anger.”- AMRA The […]
“When you are angry, when you feel despair, you practice mindful breathing, mindful walking, to generate the energy of mindfulness. This energy allows you to recognize and embrace your painful feelings.“ – Thich Nhat Hahn By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. It is a sad fact that late adolescence and young adulthood […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “When we practice mindfulness we practice responding to our experience with a non-reactive, non-judgmental attitude. This helps us maintain autonomy over our behavior. We may not have control over whether a craving for a drug arises, but we can control how we respond to such a craving. The […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness recognizes anger, is aware of its presence, accepts and allows it to be there. Mindfulness is like a big brother who does not suppress his younger brother’s suffering. He simply says, “Dear brother, I’m here for you.” You take your younger brother in your arms and […]
“There is no life to be found in violence. Every act of violence brings us closer to death. Whether it’s the mundane violence we do to our bodies by overeating toxic food or drink or the extreme violence of child abuse, domestic warfare, life-threatening poverty, addiction, or state terrorism.” – bell hooks Aggression and violence […]
Improve the Cognitive, Social, and Psychological States of Mild Alzheimer’s Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “You have to be patient with Alzheimer’s. Once you understand that it’s a medical condition, you become a little more compassionate. You get less frustrated.” – Kim Campbell The normal aging process involves […]
Prevent Depression and Dementia-Related Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Alzheimer’s is not about the past—the successes, the accolades, the accomplishments… Alzheimer’s is about the present and the struggle, the scrappy brawl, the fight to live with a disease. It’s being in the present, the relationships, […]