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Jun 1
3 min

Mindfulness can help fight inflammation in stressed adults

New research shows that reducing stress through mindfulness may make your body more resilient to inflammation.

May 14
2 min

How mindfulness helps you cope with stress

A new study finds that being mindful can affect not only how you feel about the stressors of your life, but how you actively cope with them.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Feb 15
6 min

What is the science of mindfulness missing?

A group of prominent researchers is calling for more rigorous mindfulness research in order to move the field forward.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Jan 15
2 min

Mindfulness, compassion therapies ease depression, anxiety and stress

Mindfulness-based therapies may help treat many mental health challenges. A new study investigates how compassion-focused therapies measure

B Grace Bullock PhD

Dec 13, 2019
2 min

Experts Agree. Yoga is Great for Your Brain

A review of the scientific evidence finds that yoga enhances many of the same brain structures and functions as aerobic exercise.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Dec 7, 2019
3 min

Meditation app boosts memory and attention

Meditation app improves attention and memory in as little as six weeks.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Dec 1, 2019
2 min

What happens when you mix meditation with magic mushrooms?

New research has found that the chemical in magic mushrooms combined with meditation can improve social functioning.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Nov 19, 2019
4 min

Benefits of meditation differ by type of practice

A new study explores how the type of meditation you practice may impact your brain, behavior, thoughts and social life in different ways.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Oct 28, 2019
2 min

Study shows how stress may be killing you

Researchers in Sweden find that people with stress-related disorders are at greater risk for life-threatening infections.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Oct 16, 2019
3 min

Meditation app boosts brain performance

New personalized, digital meditation app significantly improves attention and memory in as little as 6 weeks study finds.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 20, 2019
2 min

Breathing right improves brain efficiency

New research suggests that paying attention to the breath might be the answer to improving brain function.

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

Amazing study links breathing to brain activity affecting attention, mood and body awareness

Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York have uncovered how breathing states trigger brain networks associate

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

Yoga, meditation may keep your brain sharp

Can yoga and meditation help stave off cognitive decline and increase your brain’s efficiency and resilience? A study led by researchers at

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

7 Ways to Define Mindfulness

With all of the ways that the word mindfulness is being used, it can be difficult to understand what it means. Here's a quick guide to it...

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

Mind-body therapies may alter your DNA

A new review of the published research finds that mindfulness practices like meditation and yoga may alter gene expression linked to stre...

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

How mindfulness beats job stress and burnout

Two new studies reveal how mindfulness may help create work/life habits that help you leave work at work, deal with stress, and remain se...

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

Why deep breathing calms us down

Researchers at Stanford University may have uncovered link between how you breathe and how your brain functions. It has long been known t...

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

How meditation protects the aging brain from decline

New research shows meditation may protect the aging brain from decline. Most of us begin to misplace our keys, forget people’s names, or ...

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

Can your stress change my brain?

Canadian researchers have discovered that other people’s stress can alter your brain as much as real stress. We all know that chronic str...

B Grace Bullock PhD

Sep 16, 2019
6 min

4 tips for keeping your brain fit at any age

Can yoga, meditation, and a healthy lifestyle help stave off age-related declines in memory, concentration, and information processing, a...

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B GRACE BULLOCK PhD

Organizational Consultant | Psychologist | Research Scientist | Author | Mindfulness Educator | Professional Speaker

Mindfulness can help fight inflammation in stressed adults

How mindfulness helps you cope with stress

What is the science of mindfulness missing?

Mindfulness, compassion therapies ease depression, anxiety and stress

Experts Agree. Yoga is Great for Your Brain

Meditation app boosts memory and attention

What happens when you mix meditation with magic mushrooms?

Benefits of meditation differ by type of practice

Study shows how stress may be killing you

Meditation app boosts brain performance

Breathing right improves brain efficiency

Amazing study links breathing to brain activity affecting attention, mood and body awareness

Yoga, meditation may keep your brain sharp

7 Ways to Define Mindfulness

Mind-body therapies may alter your DNA

How mindfulness beats job stress and burnout

Why deep breathing calms us down

How meditation protects the aging brain from decline

Can your stress change my brain?

4 tips for keeping your brain fit at any age