Socially Mindful Behavior is Perceived Positively and Evokes Brain Responses

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Change the Brain to Reduce Anxiety with Mindfulness

Change the Brain to Reduce Anxiety with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Mindfulness can enhance our ability to remember this new, less-fearful reaction, and break the anxiety habit.” It’s a tool that interrupts those old, fear-inducing memories, and creates new, less threatening associations in the mind.” – Nate Klemp   Meditation training […]

Mindfulness Improves Physical Health

Mindfulness Improves Physical Health   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “mindfulness benefits our bodies, not just our minds.” – Jill Suttie   Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in improving physical and psychological health and particularly with the physical and psychological reactions to stress. Techniques such as Mindfulness Training, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based […]

Be Mindful for Improved Psychological Health

Be Mindful for Improved Psychological Health   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 the […]