Trait Mindfulness is Only Loosely Associated with State Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is a “state” of mind that I can practice when I sit, but it is also a “trait” of mind, an “enduring characteristic,” that can become a part of my basic temperament.” – James Walsh Mindfulness […]
Mindfulness Measured by Paper and Pencil Test does Not Predicts Real World Behavior By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “I’m recognizing as I write this that even this moment will come and pass, and as I feel that, I notice some relief in my chest and my shoulders widening and releasing to let […]
Relieve Burnout in Practicing Psychologists with Mindful Self-Compassion Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness interventions in the workplace target workplace functioning: reducing stress and improving decision-making, productivity, resilience, interpersonal communication, organizational relationships, perspective-taking, and self-care,”– M. Janssen Stress is epidemic in the western workplace with almost two thirds of workers […]
Improve the Psychological Symptoms Knee Osteoarthritis with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness has been shown to help with anxiety and depression and can also help some people with the pain and distress of arthritis, as well as back and neck pain. Mindfulness may also help people with rheumatoid arthritis as it improves […]
Reduce Metabolic Syndrome with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness training may promote sustained improvements in healthy eating that may contribute to better longer-term improvement in some aspects of metabolic health.” – Jennifer Daubenmier Metabolic Syndrome is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It generally results from […]
Improve Psychological Health with Mindfulness Smartphone Aps By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “With apps reaching more people than face-to-face teaching can, he says, “nothing will influence how mindfulness is perceived and practised in our culture more in the next 20 years”. – Amy Fleming Mindfulness training has been shown through extensive […]
Reduce Psychotic Symptoms with Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “While meditating the last day I finally could see love as an underlying force in the universe, and I had a waking dream of some fractal patterns realigning, it is hard to describe with words. It is still embarrassing to remember all […]
Improve Mental and Physical Health in Women with Breast Cancer with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “What I’ve come to understand as a newly inaugurated breast cancer survivor is this: allowing a greater good to open up through me is more beneficial than expecting life to meet my personal demands. It […]
Reduce Grief with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Releasing the grief we carry is a long, tear-filled process. Yet it follows the natural intelligence of the body and heart. Trust it, trust the unfolding. Along with meditation, some of your grief will want to be written, to be cried out, to […]
Improve Well-Being with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “We believe that mindfulness—with its many benefits being increasingly corroborated through an array of scholarly approaches—is reaching a tipping point of being accepted, like physical exercise, as an essential element of well-being.” – Shalini Bahl “Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying […]