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While I admit to being a complete sucker for dogs - my husband and I are just now recovering from the death of our British Bulldog four years ago and have begun the process of looking for a Welsh Terrier puppy - I'm not sure that I can accept the implicit linking by the Harvard Business Review of the canine...
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Research published in an American medical journal shows that half an hour of daily meditation is as effective as drugs in the relief of anxiety and depression. The review of 47 randomised clinical trials, led by Dr Madhav Goya, of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, found that mindfulness meditation led to a 5-10 per cent. improvement in anxiety symptoms, and a...
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Several of our psychologists have recently been working with clients to help them get more in touch with the way their thoughts can affect their physical condition and use their minds and their breathing to control stress and achieve relaxation. These sorts of tools are increasingly available to consumers, using inexpensive digital devices or iPhone and Android apps and sensors...
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The insights offered by Dr Pauline Chen's New York Times Doctor and Patient blog post about the extraordinary benefits for burnt-out physicians of a course of mindfulness training are a must read for anyone suffering from the emotional, mental and physical symptoms of a condition that is all too common these days. Dr Chen drew her observations from two studies...