mindfulness has four key components that may account for its effects: attention regulation, body awareness, emotion regulation, and sense of self.
Together, these components help us attend to and deal with the mental and physiological effects of stress in ways that are non-judgmental, researchers said. Although the components are unique, they are closely intertwined.
For example, improvement in attention regulation may help us be aware of our physiological state while body awareness, in turn, helps us to recognize the emotions we are experiencing.
A better understanding of the relationships between these components, and the brain mechanisms that underlie them, will allow clinicians to better prescribe mindfulness interventions for their patients.
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Seasonal Depression (Seasonal Affective Disorder) Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
There are two seasonal patterns with SAD. One starts in the fall and continues through the winter, and the other starts in late spring or early summer. The fall-onset type of SAD, often referred to as “winter depression,” is better known and easier to recognize — and we know more about it than we know about its counterpart.
The fall is a great time of year in Portland. We begin to move from the sometimes frantic pace of summer
Gay and Bipolar Disease
The myth that bipolar (also called manic-depressive) disorder is linked with homosexuality is rampant. It
Gay.net – 13 Gayest Halloween Movies Ever
13 Gayest Halloween Movies Ever
Gay Men 40 Percent Less Likely to Get Job Interviews
In this fragile economy job candidates need every advantage to help them land one of the few positions out there. Job-seekers are experimenting with different techniques, like less-traditional Elle Woods-type resume formats to cold calling to stand out and attract the attention of close-fisted employers. Still, even among the most highly qualified, some candidates end up at the bottom of the list for reasons none other than their sexuality.
Yes, we have come a long way, but we are not there yet.
For more information about support as you transition in your job search, check out my site at RMarcAndrews.com
To Love at all is to be vulnerable
Lies We’re Told about Sex – Sex Lies We’re Told to Believe
The messages we receive about sex from our parents, the media, and our educational, social, and religious institutions tend to be contradictory, and often downright false.
These messages for gay men are even more contradictory and false. Many men may never have had the opportunity to talk openly about their sex interest or desires or talk to someone who could provide them information on healthy gay sexuality.
For more information about counseling and psychology, check out my site at RMarcAndrews.com
Marc Andrews, LCSW, DCSW, MS has a private practice in Portland, OR which focusses on providing mental health and counseling services to gay men.
Is decreased sex in a relationship a problem?
Many of the men I see in my therapy practice have concerns about the ways in which their intimate lives have changed over time both in and outside of committed relationships.
Dan Rafter: Calling Out the GOP’s Anti-LGBT Falsehoods
Despite this progress, the crop of GOP presidential hopefuls and their supporters in Congress present a very real threat to equality’s march forward.
Most of the stuff i post has to do with mental health issues. So why this political stuff. As gay people we will never be able to achieve the fullness of who we can be if we are living under a government lead by such anti-LGBT. PLease read what that have to say about us.
