Matt Finch and Chris Scott discuss the latest research on mindfulness-based therapies, meta-awareness, positive psychology, urge surfing, distress tolerance, and more.
Here are the main topics discussed in this episode:
- Harvard Health Blog article on Mind-body medicine in addiction therapy discussing mindfulness-based therapies for addiction and relapse prevention
- Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) overview
- Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) overview
- Mindfulness-Based Addiction Therapy (MBAT) overview
- Other ways to describe mindfulness (eg awareness)
- Meta-Awareness for addiction recovery
- Meta-Cognition for addiction recovery
- Understanding the ‘Triad” (Physiology, Focus, Language/Meaning) for managing your emotional state
- The synergy of stacking mindfulness-based therapies with positive psychology
- Using mindfulness-based therapies for smoking cessation
- John C Maxwell book No Limits: Blow the Cap off Your Capacity
Studies Mentioned:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280682/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532846/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061584/
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Emotions are subconscious. Our conscious self cannot tell our subconscious self “No!”
We must train our conscious and subconscious to work together. That takes time and self-training.