HOW MEDITATION BENEFITS YOUR RELATIONSHIPS (AND THERE’S AN EASY WAY TO LEARN!) (PODCAST EPISODE 193)

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It’s easier than you think to become amazing at meditation and just 15 minutes of meditation a day will change your life! Imagine feeling calmer and in charge of your emotions. Imagine feeling more content in your life and confident in your decisions. Imagine all your relationships improving as you’re able to communicate more effectively. Imagine stopping the self-doubt, regrets and guilt! Today I’m teaching you how meditation benefits your relationships, why you’re not meditating and my simple steps to making it an easy part of your day.

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Research

David M. Levy et al., “The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Multitasking in a High-Stress Information Environment,” Graphics Interface Conference (2012).

Madhuleena Roy Chowdhury, “5 Heath Benefits of Daily Meditation According to Science,” Positive Psychology, March 24, 2022.

Sara W. Lazar et al., “Meditation Experience is Associated with Increased Cortical Thickness,” Neuroreport 16, no. 17 (2005): 1893-1897.

Eileen Luders et al., “The Underlying Anatomical Correlates of Long-Term Meditation: Larger Hippoampal and Frontal Volumes of Gray Matter, Neuroimage 45, no. 3 (2009): 672-678.

Katherine A. MacLean et al., “Intensive Meditation Training Improves Perceptual Discrimination and Sustained Attention,” Psychological Science 21, no. 6 (2010).

Matt Killingsworth, “Does Mind-Wandering Make You Unhappy?,” Greater Good Science Center, July 16, 2013.

Traci Pedersen, “Meditation’s Effects on Emotion Shown to Persist,” Psych Central, June 23, 2013.

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