Improve Resilience and Inner Peace to Reduce Negative Views of the Past with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness promotes a more balanced time perspective, with a reduced focus on negative aspects of the past and negative anticipations of the future.” – Michael Rönnlund Mindfulness stresses present moment awareness, minimizing focus […]
Lunchtime Mindfulness and Exercise Training have only Weak Benefits for Stress and Mental Health By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. ”The research is strong for mindfulness’ positive impact in certain areas of mental health, including stress reduction, emotion and attention regulation, reduced rumination, for reducing mild to moderate depression and anxiety, and preventing depressive relapse.” – Kelle Walsh Over the last several […]
Reduce Biochemical Stress Responses in Hispanic Breast Cancer Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness is a state of mind which we can all acquire and use to support our wellbeing physically, emotionally and mentally. . . Having cancer, or specifically breast cancer. . . experiences take up a lot […]
Yoga improves the Immune Response and Chronic Diseases By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “yoga can be a helpful way to boost your immune system and decrease inflammation in the body.” – Marlynn Wei Mindfulness training has been shown to be effective in improving physical and psychological health and particularly with the physical and psychological […]
Reduce Inflammation in Psychiatric Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness practice was not directly linked to lower inflammation levels, but that it may have bolstered stress resilience among at-risk adults by preventing an increase in inflammatory biomarker levels.” – Grace Bullock The immune system is designed to protect […]
Improve Borderline Personality Disorder with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness meditation training may help individuals with BPD be more effective in applying healthy coping skills in the midst of emotional pain. Mindfulness skills allow you to get just a little bit of space to be able to notice the emotion and be […]
Increase Altruism with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness can boost the intention to help others, even at a cost to oneself.” – Hooria Jazaieri Homo Sapiens is a very successful species. In part its success has been due to it being a very social species. Members of the species form […]
Cope Better with Cognitive Dissonance with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. ‘Flexing your ability to think about your thinking and practicing brief bouts of daily meditation is good for your health and has an endless list of psychological and physical benefits for your well-being.” – Christopher Bergland When there is […]
Virtual Reality Enhances Online Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “I’ve done meditation before and I just zone out to what they are saying…because your mind’s working to picture something it then is working to daydream as well…Whereas, when it was just there in front of you, I think that it […]
Improve Psychological Health in the COVID-19 pandemic with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Amid ever-changing information around the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are experiencing heightened stress and anxiety. . . Another way to cope with anxiety is to practice mindfulness.” – Cynthia Weiss Modern living is stressful under the best of […]