Tag Archives: mindfulness
Kids and mindfulness
Jonah Lehrer, one of my favorite neuroscience writers in in the popular press writes: Children who could better regulate their impulses and attention were four times less likely to have a criminal record, three times less likely to be addicted … Continue reading
Depression and physical activity
A while back, I bookmarked an interesting article (pdf link) that I’ve been meaning to write about. As I haven’t had a chance to really digest the material and compose a longer entry, I thought I just get it up … Continue reading
Group 05/27/2011
After going over the homework, we spent time discussing the importance of judgement in our lives. In light of the work we’ll be doing on reducing judgement, it seemed important to make sure that we understood exactly what judgement does … Continue reading
Group 05/20/2011
In today’s group, we reviewed making wise mind choices and discussed all the factors involved in making a wise mind choice. As we discussed last week, it’s important to consider all the facts of a situation, how you feel about … Continue reading
Group 05/13/2011
Today in group we discussed the core mindfulness skills. We went over the pros and cons of each state of mind – Reason mind, Emotion mind, Body mind – and how they can be used to help make Wise Mind … Continue reading
Thinking faster
Training the brain through mindfulness practice is an essential part of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. We work on developing a way of sorting out what is important to attend to and what needs to be left out of awareness. It’s not … Continue reading
Flow and the “roots of happiness”
(My apologies for the flash video. I think that the TED talks series is fantastic and worth the trouble of dealing with flash.) Here’s Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talking about the concept of Flow. Flow is about being in the moment, without … Continue reading
Paying penance or distracting?
When reminded of an immoral deed, people are motivated to experience physical pain. This is the opening line of the discussion section in a recent article published in Psychological Science. The hook is alluring, isn’t it? Thinking about times that … Continue reading
Being an expert isn’t all that great.
For a long time, psychologists have known about the heuristics people use to make sense of their worlds. One of the better known is the idea of chunking information into to smaller, more manageable pieces of information. Try memorizing this … Continue reading