Mindfulness is Associated with Improved Academic Performance

Mindfulness is Associated with Improved Academic Performance   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   Mindfulness can help all students (struggling or not) be more productive; it can help reduce depression, low moods, low self esteem, and anxiety; it increases well-being, self-compassion, compassion towards others and increases emotional resilience. A powerful tool!” – Rebecca Enderby […]

Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease with Mindfulness

Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “People with Parkinson’s reported that stress worsened both motor and non-motor symptoms, especially tremor and anxiety. More than 38 percent of respondents found mindfulness helped manage their stress and improved motor and non-motor symptoms, including anxiety […]

Improve Physiological Relaxation in Breast Cancer Patients with Mindfulness

Improve Physiological Relaxation in Breast Cancer Patients with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “mindfulness-based meditation can help ease the stress, anxiety, fear, and depression that often come along with a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.” –  Breastcancer.org   Mindfulness training has been shown to help with general cancer recovery. Mindfulness practices have been […]

Mindfulness is Associated with Better Medical Students School Performance

Mindfulness is Associated with Better Medical Students School Performance   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “in medical students . . . mindfulness meditation may be used to elicit positive emotions, minimize negative affect and rumination, and enable effective emotion regulation.” –  Michael Minichiello   Medical School is challenging both intellectually and psychologically. Stress […]