By Amy Morin — 2021
The Verywell Mind Podcast interviews Dan Harris, a co-anchor of the weekend edition of “Good Morning America” and a correspondent for ABC News.
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Plus expert tips on how to manage each of them.
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Meditation is the habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. The popularity of meditation is increasing as more people discover its many health benefits.
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One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.
Meditation is a simple practice available to all, which can reduce stress, increase calmness and clarity and promote happiness. Learning how to meditate is straightforward, and the benefits can come quickly.
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Surveys have shown that Americans are experiencing elevated levels of stress and anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic, which experts say could contribute to panic attacks.
Stressing the body makes you stronger—as long as you have time to rest and recover.
Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.
Remember, meditation is a practice, so it’s never perfect. You are ready to begin now just as you are!
The pandemic has stripped our emotional reserves even further, laying bare our unique physical, social, and emotional vulnerabilities.
I began having anxiety attacks in high school. The scariest part was that I really didn’t know what they were at first. Because of my personality, which is more Type-A organized, it would have been easy to allow them to take over my life and become debilitating.