Join me in an in-person Intro to Mindfulness Practice program starting on October 27, 2023, Fridays, 6-8pm each week in Hamilton. Shake off all the stresses you have gathered from work, COVID-19 experience and daily living by starting your week on a right note. If you are looking for inclusive and safe space to learnRead more
PARMJIT SINGH, PhD
Does mindfulness exercises reduce diabetes distress? Diabetes distress and its burden can have significant impact on the quality of life. In addition to standard treatment, scientists have been exploring the likely effect of mindfulness training on this condition. One such recent meta-analytic study (a better indicator of evidence) published in the BMJ Open DiabetesRead more
One recent research study published in the Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience suggested that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) looks to be effective in patients affected with anxiety disorders, especially for whom conventional pharmaco-therapy (treatment with medication) has not worked. What scientists wanted to see was if MBCT is of any use for treatment-resistant individuals. It turnedRead more
Mindfulness, with its characteristic focus on non-reactive observing and judging, is indicated to be a useful tool for managing pain, fatigue and psychological distress among women with metastatic breast cancer. Metastatic cancer comes with heavy load of biological and psychological distress. In a recent study published in the journal of Psycho-Oncology suggested that, “ higherRead more
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