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How to Be Mindful When You Are Sick

By David Gelles — 2017

It might seem crazy to want to be more conscious of illness and discomfort. Yet mindfulness — moment to moment, nonjudgmental awareness — may be exactly what your body most needs when you are run down and under the weather.

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Living with Illness