When life feels uncertain, your mind often races—thinking about “what ifs” and worst-case scenarios. That’s a normal response to stress. But staying stuck in those thoughts can increase anxiety, ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was found to be as effective as the antidepressant escitalopram in reducing agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety ...

Mindfulness meditation appeared to be similar to escitalopram (Lexapro) in reducing anxiety symptoms at 8 weeks based on several patient- and clinician-reported measures, a secondary analysis of a ...

Stress has quietly become a part of everyday life. Work deadlines, family responsibilities, financial pressure, social media ...

Johns Hopkins clinical psychologist Neda Gould shares the science of mindfulness and the marvels it can bring to those of us ...

Before we can understand how to use mindfulness for anxiety, it is important to first understand what mindfulness is. One definition of mindfulness states: “Mindfulness means maintaining a ...

The mindfulness-based stress reduction group also showed a clear pattern of improvement over time, with both baseline and ...

New research highlights how mindfulness practices, including short meditations and vagus nerve exercises, can deliver measurable stress and anxiety relief within minutes. Clinical findings show ...

Arun Rath: This is GBH’s All Things Considered. I’m Arun Rath. If you’re feeling anxious about next week’s election, or just weighed down by the current political climate, you’ve got a lot of company.