“Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), is highly effective at training greater awareness of how we entangle ourselves in suffering through such habits as operating in auto-pilot, being attached to “doing mode,” overreacting to stressors, and so on. Through daily meditation practice, the psychological cost of these problematic patterns can become clear. Empowered by this greater awareness, we learn to interrupt automatic reactions, step back from difficult thoughts and feelings, and respond to challenges with greater insight and intention.” Joe Flanders

Joe Flanders, Ph.D., is the founder and director of Mindspace, where he works as a

psychologist, mindfulness teacher, and consultant.