Summary: How to practice mindfulness like a pro can be challenging when you're struggling with symptoms of trauma and posttraumatic stress. Slow down? Be still? Acknowledge and accept your emotions? Be in the moment? Suspend judgment? Phooey! And yet, science has proven the benefits of mindfulness to include: improves well-being by focusing on here reduces the temptations to worrying about the future relieves stress lowers blood pressure reduces chronic pain improves sleep alleviates gastrointestinal difficulties Even knowing all of the benefits, learning how to practice mindfulness like a pro can seem daunting, which is why I ask mindfulness expert, Ron Siegel, to join me for a deep conversation about how to make the practice of mindfulness as easy as 1-2-3. MEET MY GUEST Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 30 years. He is a long-time student of mindfulness meditation and serves on the board of directors and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel teaches internationally about mindfulness and psychotherapy and mind–body treatment, has worked for many years in community mental health with inner-city children and families, and maintains a private practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He is the coauthor of Back Sense: A Revolutionary Approach to Halting the Cycle of Chronic Back Pain, which integrates Western and Eastern approaches for treating chronic back pain, and coeditor of acclaimed books for professionals, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy andWisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy: Deepening Mindfulness in Clinical Practice.
