mindfulness
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So This Is Why I Wake Up With Existential Dread At 3am
When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine calls 3am thoughts “barbed-wire thinking”, because you can get caught in it. The thoughts are often distressing and punitive. Strikingly, these concerns vaporise in the daylight, proving…
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I Tried a Guided Fitbit Meditation With Deepak Chopra, but I’m Still Stressed
This past spring, Fitbit went hard on mental well-being with its Sense smartwatch, which introduced an electrodermal activity sensor (EDA) to help quantify your stress levels. It was a thoughtful addition that went above and beyond the typical breathing reminders you see on smartwatches. Now, the company is hoping to lure more users to its…
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Even Brief Mediation Can Help People Deal With Pain Better, Study Finds
A little dose of mindfulness might ease your perception of pain and unpleasant emotions, a small new study suggests. People who practiced a brief thought exercise before touching something hot or seeing negative images were less affected than people who hadn’t meditated, researchers found.
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Can Apps Help Us Find Mindfulness In Today’s Busy High-Tech World?
With the release of the latest Apple Watch this month came a new Breathe app which promises to “help you better manage everyday stress”. Giving mindful breathing a place beside the alarm clock and weather app seems to prove mindfulness has truly gone mainstream.