Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement,

and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore.

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to illuminate critical public health issues.

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Mindfulness is sometimes thought of as a self-help buzzword, but it's actually something

that's key to our physical and emotional well-being.

Today I talk with mindfulness researcher, Dr. Christina Bethel, about the science behind the

practice, its connection to resilience, and how mindfulness can Dr. Christina Bethel about the science behind the practice, its connection

to resilience, and how mindfulness can help people recover from trauma and adverse childhood

experiences. We also go over some basic mindfulness practices you can do yourself and walk through

a breathing exercise together. Let's listen. Dr. Christina Bethel, thank you so much for

joining us. Mindfulness is sometimes seen as a buzzword, but it's actually something that is really

key to our physical and emotional well-being. How do you define mindfulness? Well, that's a really good

question, and there's a lot of buzzword things out there these days on mindfulness.

But that wasn't always the case when it was first described.

And the way it's really described to begin is as a way of paying attention in the moment, on purpose.

So the on purpose is key in a particular way and without judgment.

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