Dr. Berkson's Best Health Radio Podcast

Be master of your mind rather than having your mind be master of you! As our culture and world gets more stimuli, more screen time, more job demands, our mindfulness and peace can suffer.  In this show you learn: What is mindfulness. How mindfulness is like “falling in love” with the details that make up your life, rather than be overwhelmed by them. Exact steps to practice it within minutes.  How mindfulness can help you deal successfully with physical pain and negative emotions. How negative emotions “lube” a groove into your survival brain while shutting down your higher executive brain.  What breathing has to do with it. Generation stress. Recipe for peace: pay attention, say thank you, breathe. And more. Dr. Race started the Mindful Life Schools program which has helped over 50,000 children and many teachers learn mindfulness and create more happiness. Kristen Race, Ph.D. is a parent of two young children, as well as an expert in child, family and school psychology. Dr. Race is the author of Mindful Pa