As humans we naturally have a tendency to notice negative stimuli more. Mindfulness meditation has shown to help us combat this negativity bias. Negativity bias is what we call our human tendency to put more focus on negative stimuli in our environment or to weigh negative stimuli more heavily than positive stimuli. This tendency towards noticing negative stimuli more is … Read More
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
What is acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)? Acceptance & commitment therapy or ACT (said as one word, not as individual letters) is a relatively young therapeutic framework. The main aim of ACT is to help people become more flexible in their ability to respond to their environment. Increased flexibility and learning to be in the present moment are focus points … Read More
Mindfulness Meditation
What is mindfulness meditation? Jon Kabat-Zin, defines mindfulness like this: Mindfulness is the intentional focus on moment-to-moment experience without being swept up by judgments or preconceived ideas and expectations. Mindfulness is an ancient practice that dates back to 5,000 to 3,500 BCE. Many religions have adopted the basic concepts of meditation including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity to name … Read More
