Mindfulness Comes to Work: From Science to Practical Application
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Mindfulness, mindfulness meditation and mindful living appear to be part of a growing trend for 2014 and beyond. Celebrities and CEOs alike are publicly sharing their reliance on mindfulness meditation as a way to cope with their lives. Mindfulness was a featured topic at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January and included daily mindfulness meditation practice before the start of each day. Join CoHealth Checkup as our guests, Lynn Kirby, a Temple University School of Medicine researcher on the effects of stress, and Cheryl Jones, a Jon Kabat-Zinn mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-trained coach and Aetna's wellness clinical program design lead, discuss the science and parctical application behind mindfulness -- in and outside of the workplace.
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