Mindfulness interventions aim to foster greater attention to and awareness of present
moment experience. There has been a dramatic increase in randomized controlled trials …

Background Recently, there has been an increased interest in studying the effects of
mindfulness-based interventions for people with psychological and physical problems …

Interest in wisdom in the cognitive sciences, psychology, and education has been paralleled
by conceptual confusions about its nature and assessment. To clarify these issues and …

Scientific research highlights the central role of specific psychological processes, in
particular those related to the self, in various forms of human suffering and flourishing. This …

The capacity to shift experiential perspective—from within one's subjective experience onto
that experience—is fundamental to being human. Scholars have long theorized that this …

Background The investigation of treatment mechanisms in randomized controlled trials has
considerable clinical and theoretical relevance. Despite the empirical support for the effect of …

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are at a pivotal point in their future development.
Spurred on by an ever-increasing number of studies and breadth of clinical application, the …

Ayahuasca is the Quechua name for a tea obtained from the vine Banisteriopsis caapi, and
used for ritual purposes by the indigenous populations of the Amazon. The use of a variation …

Mindfulness Character Strengths Page 1 This document is for personal/professional use
only. Reproduction or distribution is not permitted. From RM Niemiec: Mindfulness and …

It is not clear if treatments for depression targeting repetitive negative thinking (RNT:
rumination, worry and content-independent perseverative thinking) have a specific effect on …