3615: Benefits of Mindfulness by Dr. Lisa Firestone of PsychAlive on Emotional Health

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3615: Dr. Lisa Firestone explores how mindfulness can transform emotional health, boost physical resilience, and deepen our connection to the present. Backed by research and real-life clinical applications, her insights show how simple practices like meditation can quiet the mind, reduce stress, and help us live with greater intention and clarity. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.psychalive.org/benefits-of-mindfulness/ Quotes to ponder: "Mindfulness is an incredible tool to help people understand, tolerate, and deal with their emotions in healthy ways." "When we release judgment and learn to live in the moment, we increase our mental agility." "Get out of our heads and learn to experience the world directly, experientially, without the relentless commentary of our thoughts." Episode references: Society for Humanistic Psychology: https://www.apadivisions.org/division-32 The Mindful Way Through Depression: https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Way-through-Depression-Unhappiness/dp/1593851286 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.1	podcast player. This is Optimal Living Daily. Benefits of Mindfulness by Dr. Lisa Firestone of
1:06.4	Psycholive.org. I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick, reading you articles every single day of the year,
1:11.7	including holidays, so that you and I can both take a step in the right direction and have just
1:16.9	a bit more positivity in our day. Really does add up. So with that, let's get right to it as we
1:22.3	optimize real life. Benefits of Mindfulness by Dr. Lisa Firestone of Psycholive.org
1:32.4	If asked to explain the value of mindfulness, you may want to consider the following question.
1:40.0	Can you sit for one minute and completely quiet your mind?
1:46.1	Can you do this without feeling like you're coming out of your skin? When Dr. Donna Rockwell first became interested in mindfulness,
1:52.1	she discovered that this exercise proved quite a challenge. She found, like so many of us would,
1:58.3	if we really took the time to try it out, meditating or even just
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