Mindfulness Meditation: Moments in Time
"It always amazes me how quickly buzzwords change and the next greatest health-craze is announced. However, rather than dismissing something just because it sounds ‘new’ would be…
Research Supports Positive Effects of Mindfulness
An article, co-authored by Dr. Valerie Rice, was recently published in the journal Mindfulness! The full article can be accessed at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12671-019-01129-3.Abstract ObjectivesThe purpose of this paper…
Burnout
‘Burnout’ applies to a state of being in which you just don’t feel you can do any more and may not even WANT to do any more.…
Podcast – Research Based Mindfulness Meditation
Dr Valerie Rice co-presented a podcast by the UK Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, and the US-based Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The topic was…
Gratitude: Thankfulness – Recognized and Expressed
As We Enter into the Thanksgiving Holidays It is easy to forget or dismiss the power of appreciation and gratitude, as we move through our daily grind,…
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Pulmonary Patients
There are many diagnoses associated with lung function and breathing. Asthma, chemically induced pulmonary injuries, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease. Not being able…
Mindfulness Training Alters Neural Circuits in the Brain!
Last week a research psychologist who formerly worked for me called to tell me that she’d just tried mindfulness meditation – over the last two weeks. I’ve…
Mindfulness and PTS and ADD
In a recent publication, my colleagues and I report on the impact of mindfulness meditation training (MTT) on symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) and attention deficit and…