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Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Dr. Christopher Willard.

Chris is a licensed psychologist in private practice focusing on mindfulness, anxiety, and learning

issues. In addition, he trains teachers, therapists,

and medical professionals in mindfulness practice through the Institute for Meditation and

Psychotherapy, as well as lecturing at Leslie University

and Harvard Medical School.

With Sounds True, Chris Willard is the author of a new book and an audio series called Growing Up Mindful,

essential practices to help children, teens, and families find balance, calm, and resilience. In this episode of Insights at The Edge,

Chris and I talked about the inevitable pain and struggles of being a kid,

and how mindfulness practice can help transform pain and suffering

into compassion.

We talked about introducing kids to mindfulness at different ages and stages of development and how to grow up mindfully with

technology and social media and how challenging it can be for parents to know

where to set the limits.

Finally, we talked about mindfulness

as a public health intervention

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