A few days ago, we posted a video to share how mindfulness can help patients suffering from anxiety disorders (if you haven’t seen the video yet, check it out here). But how else can we apply mindfulness in our work? What other patients could benefit from integrating mindfulness into their lives? Today, we’d like to share the story of a practitioner who introduced mindfulness to a young woman with bipolar disorder to help her cope with the rapid cycles of highs and lows . . . . . . even though the young woman was not open to mindfulness at…

Ever wonder which types of patients benefit most from mindfulness? As it turns out, it has a wide range of applications. To show you the range of ways that practitioners are integrating mindfulness into their practices, we thought we’d share some inspirational stories. We often highlight people who’ve written books or are on the lecture circuit, but this time we wanted to focus on your colleagues who are working with people daily to help them improve their lives. The first story is from a practitioner working with a person suffering from anxiety disorder. See how he slowly integrated mindfulness meditation…

On-the-job stress and burnout can strike no matter what your profession . . . and unfortunately, even the classroom is no exception. Teaching is one profession that can be particularly stressful – teachers can experience detrimental effects on their health, well-being, and job performance from stress and burnout. So what can teachers do to cope with the stressful challenges they face each day in the classroom? Robert W. Roeser, PhD, from Portland State University, wanted to see if mindfulness could help. Roeser and his colleagues investigated whether training teachers in mindfulness would affect teachers’ capacity to perform more effectively in…

Trauma’s impact on the body can often be readily apparent, but what does trauma look like from inside the brain? According to David Berceli, PhD, there’s a specific sequence to how the brain processes trauma . . . . . . and knowing how it works could be essential to honing our approach to the treatment of trauma. David takes us through the process in the short video below. Check it out – it’s just 3 minutes. Click here to sign up. The webinar with David is a special bonus for Gold Members, and in it, he’ll give us an…

There are people who are working hard, day in and day out, to discover the breakthroughs that can improve trauma treatment . . . And then there are the people, including many of you, who work hard to learn the latest so you can make a difference in the lives of your patients – trauma survivors who just want to get their lives back. As this year’s Treatment of Trauma series comes to a close, I’d like to take a moment to look back and reflect on what we’ve learned. It has been quite a journey as we added to…

Sometimes it seems like there are two kinds of people in the world – those who can be so resilient in the face of stressful or traumatic events, and those who develop Post-Traumatic Stress. We know that some people are simply more vulnerable to developing PTSD than others . . . . . . but why? Naomi Breslau, PhD of the Epidemiology Department of Michigan State University wanted to find out whether chronic worrying could play a role in heightening a person’s risk of suffering PTSD following a traumatic episode. She and her colleagues analyzed data from a 10-year study…