Increase Psychological Flexibility and Thereby Relieve Anxiety and Depression with Psychedelic Drugs

Increase Psychological Flexibility and Thereby Relieve Anxiety and Depression with Psychedelic Drugs   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “psilocybin may be effective in the much wider population of patients who suffer from major depression than previously appreciated. The magnitude of the effect we saw was about four times larger than what clinical trials […]

Improve the Brains Ability to Directly Control Computers with Mindfulness

Improve the Brains Ability to Directly Control Computers with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Meditation has been widely practiced for well-being and improving health,” said He. Our work demonstrates that it can also enhance a person’s mental power for mind control, and may facilitate broad use of noninvasive brain-computer interface technology.” […]

Improve Attention in Older Individuals with Exercise and Mindfulness

Improve Attention in Older Individuals with Exercise and Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “engaging in mindfulness meditation training improves the maintenance of goal-directed visuospatial attention and may be a useful strategy for counteracting cognitive decline associated with aging.” – Peter Malinowski   One of the primary effects of mindfulness training is an improvement in the ability to […]

Improve Physical and Mental Well-Being with Mindfulness Meditation-Based Interventions

Improve Physical and Mental Well-Being with Mindfulness Meditation-Based Interventions   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “mindfulness meditation is related to improved mental health across a variety of disorders, including different anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, and chronic pain symptom reduction.” – Jennifer Wolkin   Over the last several decades, research and […]

Improve Treatment Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Compassion-Focused Therapy

Improve Treatment Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Compassion-Focused Therapy   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “A big part of learning to live with OCD is to incorporate self-compassion. Instead of avoiding your anxiety, self-compassion invites you to look at it with understanding and gentle curiosity. This approach allows you to see your pain exactly […]

Maintain Weight Loss with Mindfulness

Maintain Weight Loss with Mindfulness   By John M. de Castro, Ph.D.   “Just as meditation can help us with stress, sleeping, focus, and much more, it can also have an impact on our relationship with eating and managing our weight.” – Headspace   Eating is produced by two categories of signals. Homeostatic signals emerge from the body’s […]