Improve Cognition after Cancer Recovery with Mindfulness

Improve Cognition after Cancer Recovery with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Mindfulness meditation practices enable cancer survivors to better manage cancer-related cognitive impairment. MBSR provides a creative solution for survivors whose social and occupational functioning may have been negatively impacted by cognitive difficulties.” – Shelly Johns   Cognitive impairments are a […]

Reduce Insomnia with Mindfulness

Reduce Insomnia with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Dr. Benson recommends practicing mindfulness during the day, ideally for 20 minutes, the same amount suggested in the new study. “The idea is to create a reflex to more easily bring forth a sense of relaxation,” he says. That way, it’s easier to […]

Desire Nothing

Desire Nothing   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   To reach satisfaction in all desire its possession in nothing, To come to the knowledge of all desire the knowledge of nothing. To come to possess all desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all desire to be nothing. — St. John of […]

Reduce Prison Recidivism with Mindfulness

Reduce Prison Recidivism with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Mindfulness training helps youth consider more adaptive alternatives. It creates a gap between triggers for offending behavior and their responses. They learn to not immediately act out on impulse, but to pause and consider the consequences of a potential offending and high […]

Improve Social Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness

Improve Social Anxiety Disorder with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Using mindfulness, we can begin to notice what happens in the body when anxiety is present and develop strategies to empower clients to “signal safety” to their nervous system. Over time, clients feel empowered to slow down their response to triggers, […]

Develop Your Eulogy Virtues   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral — […]

Improve Pregnancy and Birthing with Mindfulness

Improve Pregnancy and Birthing with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “There could not be a better time to learn mindfulness than during pregnancy and early motherhood. For one thing, this is a time when most people have a strong motivation to become the best person they can be in a relatively short period […]

Relieve Anxiety following Surgery with Meditation

Relieve Anxiety following Surgery with Meditation   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Mindfulness trains you to view your thoughts differently. You learn to recognize and stop “mental time travel” — worrying about the future and ruminating about the past. Instead of following a worrying thought down the path of all possible negative outcomes, you […]