12/28/2016
Having recently gone through a very memorable election, it seems a good time to consider how practicing mindfulness might contribute to being a successful leader. One of the principal ways…
11/29/2016
Why cultivate a practice of mindfulness? What is the relationship between mindfulness and well-being? It has to do with how we pay attention…to how we are in any moment and…
10/31/2016
A group from Germany has studied the relationship between mindfulness and distress among caregivers of patients receiving palliative care. They found that those who had greater mindfulness as measured by…
10/31/2016
We all know that we are mortal, and that we will not live forever. However, when death is imminent for a loved one it still is not easy to accept. …
Mindfulness for Healthcare Providers
8/31/2016
Stress and burnout are currently very common among healthcare providers. The American Medical Association conducted a survey of practicing physicians in 2014 and found that 54% met criteria for burnout,…
7/28/2016
I was speaking with someone recently who had been having issues with relationships at work. He had decided to work on improving his interactions with others, and reported that things…
4/29/2016
We all have innumerable opportunities to practice mindfulness every day, and we can choose to bring present moment awareness to more of the things we do. One of the opportunities many of…
Why MBSR and MBCT? A Scientific Perspective
3/29/2016
There has been an explosion of interest in mindfulness recently, and mindfulness principals are now being applied in medicine, law, business, education and leadership among other areas. Much of this…
Mindfulness, Compassion, and Difficult Emotions
2/10/2016
Workshop - Retreat In this experiential workshop-retreat, explore how to traverse the terrain of difficult emotions through mindfulness, presence, and compassion. Popular mindfulness instructor Susan Carol Stone will guide you…
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
11/30/2015
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a mindfulness-based intervention designed to help individuals who have suffered serious depression learn skills that decrease the likelihood of depression coming back. Research studies have…