by Dan Tamasulo | Oct 7, 2019 | Counseling News, Mindfulness
Numerous methods of therapy and spiritual practice discuss mindfulness. Dispositional mindfulness (also recognized as trait mindfulness) is a category of consciousness that has lately, been given more serious research attention. It is defined as a keen awareness and...
by Taylor Bennett | Oct 1, 2019 | Counseling News, Social Skills
Social anxiety, or the fear of being negatively judged by others, employs the body’s natural defenses which are biologically hardwired. That said, we can take steps to address the triggers of our social anxiety and, in turn, overcome it. An important step is to...
by Timothy Roy | Jul 3, 2019 | Counseling News, Meditation
Compassion is sharing someone’s pain without sharing their suffering, according to meditation teacher and researcher Shinzen Young. While this sounds kind of contradictory, there’s a point to Young’s logic. One of the core skills of meditation involves...
by Taylor Bennett | May 15, 2019 | Counseling News, Mindfulness
Listening to music and practicing mindfulness can aid stroke recovery.Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and East Anglia recruited 72 participants who had suffered from a stroke and divided them into three groups. One group listened to music,...
by Taylor Bennett | Feb 27, 2019 | Counseling News, Eating Disorders, Food, Uncategorized, Weight Loss
We’re bombarded with information about food and dieting on a daily basis—this can cause one to be overcritical about their eating habits and ultimately develop an unhealthy relationship with food. Instead of focusing on the latest diet craze, losing weight, or...
