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Since Jon Kabat-Zinn (1990) first published his seminal study of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), Full Catastrophe Living, training in mindfulness skills has become a popular intervention in a range of health and wellbeing contexts. So much so that the third wave of behavioral therapies (Hayes & Hofmann, 2017) evolved from a hybrid of mindfulness skills, […]

Let me guess – you love mindfulness, you have experienced many of its benefits, and now you want to teach others. Mindfulness is a skill that can benefit anyone, but who are you hoping to teach? Mindfulness can be taught to clients, as a practitioner, or to students, as a teacher. Your motivation for teaching

Anxiety can leave a person feeling totally alone. Countless people worldwide understand what it’s like and share the same fears, struggles, and behavioral tendencies (Forsyth & Eifert, 2016). While anxiety may feel unavoidable, mindfulness practices can significantly benefit psychological, cognitive, and physical health and manage experiences of anxiety (Shapiro, 2020). Mindfulness helps clients cope with

Each of us has been in a situation where we notice cognitive change in ourselves or someone we know. A parent who has difficulty using their smartphone, a friend who frequently asks “Did I tell you this already?”, or a spouse who takes longer than usual to read their GPS on a road trip. These

There is increasing recognition that unresolved trauma underpins many mental health problems. A range of treatments have flourished to promote healing from trauma, with talk therapy and medication being well known. However, there is another type of therapy that requires no pharmacological drugs and no need to revisit painful memories. In this article, we will

Attachment styles describe how clients relate to those closest to them. They form in childhood but influence lifelong behavior in several ways, including coping with stress, psychological wellbeing, and health (Gunnar et al., 1996; Maunder et al., 2006; Ravitz et al., 2010). But how do we know what type of attachment style a client has?

Ongoing research suggests that a better understanding of the vagus nerve could revolutionize how we treat various physical and mental health conditions, including epilepsy, obesity, inflammatory disorders, depression, and anxiety (Wade, 2023; Neuhuber & Berthoud, 2022). Not only that, but according to the polyvagal theory, lowering “autonomic states that support threat reactions” and boosting ones

Have you ever been scarred by a damaging label? If so, you know the discomfort, shame, and dehumanization that occurs. Labeling others separates people based on actual or perceived differences. The stigma associated with being labeled aims at one’s identity and divides us and them. The label linked to certain assumptions lingers, impacting impressions of

Life entails a wide tapestry of different experiences. Some of those are pleasant, some sad, others challenging. Coping mechanisms are the ways we respond to difficult experiences. We can think of our coping mechanisms as our emotional and behavioral toolbox. But what happens when our responses to our experiences are not helpful? What do we

Groundbreaking research in the 1990s discovered that “mirror neurons” fire whether monkeys perform an activity themselves or observe others engaging in it (Rizzolatti & Fabbri-destro, 2010). In the decades since, studies suggest humans also have mirror neurons, and they are fundamental to what it means to be human (Penagos-Corzo et al., 2022). In fact, neuroscience