by Madeline | Jan 1, 2026 | Athletic Performance, Behavior Change, Body Awareness, Client Stories, Health, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, non-striving, Pain, personal growth, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about how your MSBR class has changed my life. One area I haven’t heard many people talk about is mindfulness and athletic performance. Your class helped me become more aware of my body and to tune into the messages it gives me. When I...
by Madeline | Jul 11, 2025 | Acceptance, Behavior Change, depression, Health, Integrative Medicine, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Pain, stress
Chronic pain affects 30 to 40 million U.S. adults, costing an estimated $600 billion a year. But researchers have learned more about the physiology of pain in the past ten years than in the previous thousand. Pain is created by the brain in response to what it thinks...
by Madeline | May 4, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, disease, Health, inflammation, Integrative Medicine, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Pain, science, stress
While interest in mindfulness meditation as a stress reliever has grown through the years, there’s been little evidence to support that it helps those suffering from chronic inflammation conditions in which psychological stress plays a major role. Until now. A...
by Madeline | Jan 19, 2026 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Body Awareness, Health, Jon Kabat-Zinn, non-judgment, non-striving, Pain, Uncategorized
Although medications and, at times, surgical and other interventions can be important tools for pain management, too often they fail to completely relieve pain. Furthermore, drugs and procedures do not directly impact how people cope with symptoms that may not be...
by Madeline | Sep 22, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Behavior Change, Body Awareness, Change, Complementary Practices, depression, despair, disease, fear, Health, Healthcare, inner peace, Integrative Medicine, meditation, Mindfulness, non-judgment, Pain, Practice, stress
One of the hottest forms of stress reduction today is actually one of the oldest: meditation. But the kind making the rounds of hospitals, community centers, and even schools in increasing numbers doesn’t involve chanting “Om” while sitting on a...
by Madeline | Jul 15, 2025 | anxiety, Behavior Change, Complementary Practices, depression, despair, Health, Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, meditation, Mindfulness, Pain, Practice, sadness, science
Past Ten Years of Research Say “Yes” Chronic pain affects 30 to 40 million U.S. adults, costing an estimated $600 billion a year. But researchers have learned more about the physiology of pain in the past ten years than in the previous thousand. Pain is created by the...
