People who are naturally more mindful report less pain and show lower activation of a specific region of the brain in response to an unpleasant heat stimulus, according to a new study supported by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). The study, conducted by researchers from Wake Forest University and collaborating institutions,… Continue reading More Mindfulness = Less Pain?
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Mindfulness and Glucose Levels
Dispositional or “everyday” mindfulness is the trait of being aware of one’s present thoughts and feelings. In a new study of 399 people that measured health indicators including dispositional mindfulness and blood glucose, researchers found that those with higher scores for mindfulness were significantly more likely than people with low scores to have healthy glucose… Continue reading Mindfulness and Glucose Levels
Make 2015 The Year of You!
As a psychiatrist, I have the honor of being with people through the ups and downs of life’s journey. I bear witness to joy, fear, anger, and sorrow, and the ways in which we deal with these emotions. My patients often say to me, “I think what I need is to just stay busy. I… Continue reading Make 2015 The Year of You!
Meditation Improves Cells in Breast-Cancer Survivors
Practicing meditation can have a positive physical impact on breast-cancer survivors at the cellular level, research has found for the first time. The investigators, who worked out of Alberta Health Services’ Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the University of Calgary Department of Oncology, showed that telomeres (protein complexes at the end of chromosomes) maintain their… Continue reading Meditation Improves Cells in Breast-Cancer Survivors
7 Tips to Maintain Class and Control Through Any Life Challenge
By Sherrie Campbell PhD
We all have moments when we don’t love how we responded to a situation or how we acted. When you are grounded in who you are, you have a certain essence where people can feel that not much can shake you. To be elegant essentially means that you know who you are and are grounded and comfortable in that person. Many of us are emotionally out of control, lacking presence of mind, allowing life to take us on an emotional roller coaster where we feel crazy and at the mercy of our life situations, people, and emotions.