Transforming ADHD by Greg Crosby & Tonya Lippert

Author:Greg Crosby & Tonya Lippert [Crosby, Greg & Lippert, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FAM047000 Family & Relationships / Attention Deficit Disorder (add-adhd), PSY022010 Psychology / Psychopathology / Attention-deficit Disorder (add-adhd), SEL031000 Self-help / Personal Growth / General
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Mindfulness as Miracle

Ever seen images of someone selling a miracle tonic, guaranteed to increase happiness, health, and even hair? Mindfulness may seem like a miracle practice. Most of the research on it has focused on depression and anxiety. Meta-analyses—“mega-analyses” that analyze results from hundreds to thousands of subjects—show that mindfulness-based therapies decrease anxiety, depression, and physical pain and disability (e.g., Gotink et al. 2015) as well as prevent relapses of depression for those with a history of recurrent depression (Kuyken et al. 2016). But there’s more to the reason we ask you to try mindfulness practice.

Research suggests that mindfulness thickens (or prevents age-related thinning of) brain areas largely responsible for attention, learning and memory, emotional flexibility, and empathy (e.g., Lazar et al. 2005; Hölzel et al. 2011). Practices such as mindfulness meditation may be a fountain of youth for our brains, albeit one we have to visit again and again (see text box).

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