Meditation is now widely promoted as a tool for everything from reducing stress to improving productivity. It has become a go-to approach for supporting mental well-being across many settings.

Micha Stiebel, an Israeli combat veteran who fought in multiple wars, including Operation Protective Edge in 2014 and the multifront war that began on October 7, says years of post-traumatic stress ...

Micha Stiebel could not sleep at night. He was short-tempered. Certain sounds would make him jump. “I wasn’t comfortable,” he told The Media Line. “I was always checking people out and looking for ...

'The Twilight Zone,' the sci-fi/horror anthology TV series created by Rod Sterling, still holds up well.

When yoga instructor Leah Novak steps into the studio at Hillsdale College, peace seems to follow her. Her voice is soft, yet commands a room, and her gaze is bright and hopeful. You wouldn’t know she ...

The process of dissociation is often considered only in terms of its most severe clinical manifestation, dissociative identity disorder (DID). However, dissociation is actually a completely normal ...

Have you ever gone on autopilot and forgotten parts of a routine drive home, mentally checked out during a stressful moment, or zoned out after an all-nighter? Experiences like these fall under the ...

Meditation is often sold as a mood booster, a breathing exercise, or a daily reset. The science is more interesting than that. Research from the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative ...

A new study in the Annals of Neurosciences found that rhythmic sound meditation can quiet brain activity while increasing alertness. Researchers observed reduced electrical brainwave power, especially ...

Deep meditation is an age-old wellness practice that has been performed to balance the mental state of individuals. The profound change in cognitive processing that occurs when your brain functions ...

It was a gloomy, wintry Friday morning when our study participants began arriving at a residential retreat center just outside Pittsburgh. Some looked excited; others nervous. All were unemployed ...

When I was 28 years old, a psychologist informed me that I was not, in fact, a sociopath. “You have depersonalization-derealization disorder,” she told me. “How high did I score?” “Pretty high. For ...