...the capacity to be kind to yourself, especially when you are struggling: Self-compassion is predicated on the ability to be aware of what you are feeling, aka mindfulness — of...
...a recent article on wellness in the workplace in Harvard Business Review, Seppälä and Berlin point out that workplaces often have health-related programs related to exercise, mindfulness, compassion and emotional...
...tools that can help are expressive writing and mindfulness based meditation. The good news is that healing can occur. People who have experienced trauma can recover their ability to relax...
...dementia and their caregivers, Mindfulness training may ease depression and improve sleep for both caregivers and patients and A closer look at caregivers and clinical trials Photo by Christian Newman...
...can best heal others who have gone through the same... A growing number of studies inspired by acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness are showing that -- rather than resisting...
...Eating wisely, with delight, during the holidays Easy-to-follow tips to avoid overeating this holiday Six mindfulness tips to combat holiday stress Managing headache disorders during the holidays Photo by AlchemillaMollis...
...them. Poon also offers guidance for people experiencing grief this holiday season. Previously: Tips to survive — and thrive during holiday family events, Six mindfulness tips to combat holiday stress...
...at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. What inspired you to investigate caregiver burnout in NICUs? Throughout my medical training, I received very little education on the concepts of mindfulness and...
...they can avoid it. They would rather try manipulation like acupuncture or practice hypnosis or mindfulness. Interest in integrative medicine at Stanford is growing. What is supported by evidence? What...
...mindfulness-based stress reduction, and meditation have similar pain-relieving effects, with none of the side effects. By learning techniques that reduce attention to pain — and distress about pain — pain...
Yesterday's Medicine X session on mindfulness, appropriately, kicked off with a brief, guided meditation led by Michael Amster, MD. Amster, and several other panelists, said they developed a mindfulness practice...
...can develop a practice of introspection and mindfulness about our challenging career. It allows us to stop and think about what we are seeing and experiencing and to decide how...
...of everything. I learned that I’m not alone.” Previously: Mindfulness training may ease depression and improve sleep for both caregivers and patients, Parent details practical ways to get care and...
...a variety of topics by attending sessions on everything from sleep, brain injuries and sun safety to the design of medical devices and the use of yoga and mindfulness to...
New Year's resolutions usually last for weeks, if not days. Despite our good intentions, we drop our career goals, dieting aspirations, mindfulness practices or exercise regimens, and find ourselves unable...
...share experiences and address issues related to burnout, depression and PTSD. Recently, a new Physician Wellness Center also began offering programs on physician mindfulness-based stress reduction and compassion cultivation. "The...
