Mindfulness teaches you to be aware of your feelings and:
- Then move on
- Accept them
- Change them
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SOURCES:
American Psychological Association: “What are the Benefits of Mindfulness?”
Arthritis Foundation: “Ease Arthritis Symptoms with Meditation.”
Cognitive Therapy and Research: “Changes in Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation in an Exposure-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.”
Huffington Post: “How 5 Mega-Famous People Make Time for Daily Meditation.”
Mental Health Foundation: “What is mindfulness and how can mindfulness help me?” “Mindfulness.”
National Institutes of Health: “The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Children with ADHD and Mindful Parenting for their Parents,” “Interventions shown to Aid Executive Function Development in Children 4–12 Years Old.”
PLOS: “Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response.”
Psychiatry Research: “Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density.”
Psychotherapy: “What Are the Benefits of Mindfulness? A Practice Review of Psychotherapy-Related Research.”
The British Journal of Psychiatry: “Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy v. group psychoeducation for people with generalised anxiety disorder: randomised controlled trial.”
Rolling Stone: “18 Things You Learn Following Katy Perry Around.”
The Telegraph: “Celebrities who meditate.”
University of California The Greater Good Science Center: “What is Mindfulness?” “Is Mindfulness as Good as Antidepressants?”
