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 Emotion Regulation and Gait in Obese Adolescents with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “consider how stressful it must be in this image driven media age to be an overweight or obese child or teen. The well documented stress reduction factors of yoga practice are a powerful start to transforming health […]
Improve Caregivers Emotion Regulation with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Caregivers have a habit of neglecting their own wellbeing for their patients’ sakes. Some caregivers even believe taking a few minutes out of the day to practice mindfulness is “selfish.” Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, taking a […]
By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “A large part of being a human being is having social, emotional and attention skills and in the majority of schools I visit, we don’t actually teach kids how to pay attention or how to deal with their inner states in a healthy way. We just assume […]
Improve Emotion Regulation, and in Turn, Anxiety, and Depression with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “With mindfulness meditation training or practice (even a little practice has been shown to make a difference), we become more able to allow disturbing emotions and thoughts to pass through awareness. We develop the ability to […]
Improve Teachers’ Coping with Stress and Emotion Regulation with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “For me, it’s important to be very familiar with the subject matter before I teach it. . . It’s the same with meditation. Before I began consciously bringing mindfulness into the classroom, I needed to feel like […]
Reduce Marital Conflict with Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Even in healthy relationships, conflict is inevitable—it’s how you cope with conflict that matters. Coping badly increases stress, and research has shown that too much stress in romantic relationships can put people at risk for mental and physical health […]
Improve Emotion Self-Regulation in Neurotic Students with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “negative emotional reactivity associated with neuroticism is partially due to low levels of mindfulness.” – Mario Wenzel Neuroticism is considered a personality trait that is a lasting characteristic of the individual. It is characterized by negative feelings, repetitive […]
Improve the Regulation of Emotions with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “yoga has an important role in regulating the feelings of the adolescents and the students who practice yoga are more happy, energetic, focused, and healthy.” – Yasmin Janjhua Emotions are important to our well-being. They provide the spice of […]
Socio-Cognitive Mindfulness is Associated with Better Emotions and Their Regulation in Nursing Students By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness enables you to become a more cognizant observer of your experience, allowing you to become more “tuned in” to what you are feeling inside.” – Laura K. Schenck Mindfulness practice has been shown […]