Ted Meissner
@tedmeissner.bsky.social
Mindfulness and Burnout Prevention Teacher. Dog dad, husband, hiker, reader, with questionable taste in clothing.
This is why trauma-sensitive mindfulness training should be required for teacher credentialling.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #adverseeffects #MBCT #traumasensitivemindfulness #trauma #traumarecovery
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Childhood trauma and subclinical PTSD symptoms predict adverse effects and worse outcomes across two mindfulness-based programs for active depression
Within mindfulness-based programs (MBPs), mixed results have been found for the role of childhood trauma as a moderator of depression outcomes. Furthermore, childhood trauma and PTSD symptoms have bee...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is why trauma-sensitive mindfulness training should be required for teacher credentialling.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #adverseeffects #MBCT #traumasensitivemindfulness #trauma #traumarecovery
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #adverseeffects #MBCT #traumasensitivemindfulness #trauma #traumarecovery
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Let's be clear, "Autism is a complex, heterogeneous condition, and the gold standard for diagnosis relies on clinical assessment of behavioral traits."
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#autism #autismawareness #peerreview #scientificmethod #journalisticintegrity #consent
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#autism #autismawareness #peerreview #scientificmethod #journalisticintegrity #consent
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Let's be clear, "Autism is a complex, heterogeneous condition, and the gold standard for diagnosis relies on clinical assessment of behavioral traits."
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#autism #autismawareness #peerreview #scientificmethod #journalisticintegrity #consent
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#autism #autismawareness #peerreview #scientificmethod #journalisticintegrity #consent
New interview just published: youtu.be/PmVZhynuotY
#mindfulness #doseresponse #mentalhealth #wellbeing
#mindfulness #doseresponse #mentalhealth #wellbeing
Dose Response in Mindfulness Programs
YouTube video by Mindfulness Voyage
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December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New interview just published: youtu.be/PmVZhynuotY
#mindfulness #doseresponse #mentalhealth #wellbeing
#mindfulness #doseresponse #mentalhealth #wellbeing
Virtual Reality helping people with their mindfulness practice.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #painmanagement #virtualreality #vr
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #painmanagement #virtualreality #vr
North Yorkshire NHS service becomes first to offer VR mindfulness - BBC News
North Yorkshire Talking Therapies says it is the first NHS service to offer virtual reality mindfulness.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Virtual Reality helping people with their mindfulness practice.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #painmanagement #virtualreality #vr
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #painmanagement #virtualreality #vr
Some of us may not even realize that we're addicted to our phones. Good thing mindfulness can help with even just noticing that, let alone taking action on it.
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#mindfulness #digitaldependence #cellphoneaddiction #smartphoneaddiction #problematicsmartphoneuse
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#mindfulness #digitaldependence #cellphoneaddiction #smartphoneaddiction #problematicsmartphoneuse
Mindfulness may help people disconnect from their smartphones - UBC's Okanagan News
UBCO researcher says awareness can shift daily phone habits
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December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Some of us may not even realize that we're addicted to our phones. Good thing mindfulness can help with even just noticing that, let alone taking action on it.
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#mindfulness #digitaldependence #cellphoneaddiction #smartphoneaddiction #problematicsmartphoneuse
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#mindfulness #digitaldependence #cellphoneaddiction #smartphoneaddiction #problematicsmartphoneuse
More of this, please. Science and scientists need to be celebrated -- it encourages them and young people looking at career paths in a complex world.
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#mindfulness #academicachievement #employeerecognition #familystudies #latinx #depression #relationships
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#mindfulness #academicachievement #employeerecognition #familystudies #latinx #depression #relationships
Child & Family Studies Professor nominated for Early Academic Career Excellence Award for research on Mindfulness and Relationships
Image Dr. Matthew E.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
More of this, please. Science and scientists need to be celebrated -- it encourages them and young people looking at career paths in a complex world.
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#mindfulness #academicachievement #employeerecognition #familystudies #latinx #depression #relationships
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#mindfulness #academicachievement #employeerecognition #familystudies #latinx #depression #relationships
Emotional Intelligence, mindfulness, and leadership are a powerful combination. These are deceptively complex capacities that develop best when you have expert guidance.
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#mindfulness #mindfulleadership #emotionalintelligence #leadership #leadershiptraining
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#mindfulness #mindfulleadership #emotionalintelligence #leadership #leadershiptraining
How Emotional Intelligence And Mindfulness Intersect To Create Great Leaders
The EQ-mindfulness connection gets overlooked. Learn how it can help you be a great leader from an expert who has been training it for 11 years.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Emotional Intelligence, mindfulness, and leadership are a powerful combination. These are deceptively complex capacities that develop best when you have expert guidance.
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#mindfulness #mindfulleadership #emotionalintelligence #leadership #leadershiptraining
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#mindfulness #mindfulleadership #emotionalintelligence #leadership #leadershiptraining
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There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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The Supreme Court has approved Texas’s heavily Republican-favored map for 2026. That means Prop 50 will now go into effect to counter the Texas redistricting. Virginia is also considering adding new Democratic-leaning seats to push back against Trump’s redistricting efforts in other states.
US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps
Major win for Trump as majority rejects lower-court ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymandered
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December 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Supreme Court has approved Texas’s heavily Republican-favored map for 2026. That means Prop 50 will now go into effect to counter the Texas redistricting. Virginia is also considering adding new Democratic-leaning seats to push back against Trump’s redistricting efforts in other states.
New episode just dropped -- three guests! youtu.be/WR_NJYY3kiw
#mindfulness #mindfulnessbasedprograms #depression#anxiety #stress #feedback #feedbackliteracy
#mindfulness #mindfulnessbasedprograms #depression#anxiety #stress #feedback #feedbackliteracy
Feedback Literacy
YouTube video by Mindfulness Voyage
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December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
New episode just dropped -- three guests! youtu.be/WR_NJYY3kiw
#mindfulness #mindfulnessbasedprograms #depression#anxiety #stress #feedback #feedbackliteracy
#mindfulness #mindfulnessbasedprograms #depression#anxiety #stress #feedback #feedbackliteracy
This has significant implications for brain health, particularly around cognitive decline from aging or illness.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #brainhealth #cerebrospinalfluid #focusedattention #attentionregulation #neurodegeneration #alzheimers #dementia
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #brainhealth #cerebrospinalfluid #focusedattention #attentionregulation #neurodegeneration #alzheimers #dementia
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This has significant implications for brain health, particularly around cognitive decline from aging or illness.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #brainhealth #cerebrospinalfluid #focusedattention #attentionregulation #neurodegeneration #alzheimers #dementia
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #brainhealth #cerebrospinalfluid #focusedattention #attentionregulation #neurodegeneration #alzheimers #dementia
Burnout in healthcare professionals is best addressed by facing the causes, not by distraction.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #emotionregulation #burnout #physicianburnout #healthcareburnout #nurseburnout
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #emotionregulation #burnout #physicianburnout #healthcareburnout #nurseburnout
What Strategies Help Reduce Burnout in Health Care Professionals? - American College of Cardiology
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December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Burnout in healthcare professionals is best addressed by facing the causes, not by distraction.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #emotionregulation #burnout #physicianburnout #healthcareburnout #nurseburnout
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #emotionregulation #burnout #physicianburnout #healthcareburnout #nurseburnout
Getting adequate sleep is a problem, especially without a mindfulness practice to help work with the emotional and physical challenges in all phases of diagnosis and treatment.
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#mindfulness #cancer #colorectalcancer #mentalhealth #depression #stress #anxiety
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#mindfulness #cancer #colorectalcancer #mentalhealth #depression #stress #anxiety
The effects of mindfulness training on emotion and sleep quality in patients with colorectal cancer - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The effects of mindfulness training on emotion and sleep quality in patients with colorectal cancer
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December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Getting adequate sleep is a problem, especially without a mindfulness practice to help work with the emotional and physical challenges in all phases of diagnosis and treatment.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#mindfulness #cancer #colorectalcancer #mentalhealth #depression #stress #anxiety
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#mindfulness #cancer #colorectalcancer #mentalhealth #depression #stress #anxiety
Or, you could just, I dunno... pay attention with your other senses, too.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #listening #adhd #anxiety #indistractability
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #listening #adhd #anxiety #indistractability
Audio-augmented wearable aims to improve mindfulness
A new device uses focused sound cues to keep users grounded amid digital distractions, with possible benefits for anxiety and ADHD as well.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Or, you could just, I dunno... pay attention with your other senses, too.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #listening #adhd #anxiety #indistractability
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #listening #adhd #anxiety #indistractability
Writing papers that use AI hallucinations for citations is, as the whistleblower said, "scientific misconduct." Ironic when it's from a journal about ethics, and a paper about whistleblowing!
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #scientificmisconduct
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #scientificmisconduct
The case of the fake references in an ethics journal
Many would-be whistleblowers write to us about papers with nonexistent references, possibly hallucinated by artificial intelligence. One reader recently alerted us to fake references in … an ethics…
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December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Writing papers that use AI hallucinations for citations is, as the whistleblower said, "scientific misconduct." Ironic when it's from a journal about ethics, and a paper about whistleblowing!
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #scientificmisconduct
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #scientificmisconduct
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The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
Trump to halt some food aid support for Democratic-led states over data fight
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will halt federal payments that help administer the food stamp program to Democratic-led states next week if they do not turn over aid recipient data,...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Trump administration said it will withhold federal SNAP funding from more than 20 Democratic-led states unless they turn over sensitive personal data about program recipients to the Trump administration.
With posting 38% profit margins, publishers have plenty of resources to compensate reviewers for their time and expertise.
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #journalisticintegrity #research #scientificresearch
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #journalisticintegrity #research #scientificresearch
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
With posting 38% profit margins, publishers have plenty of resources to compensate reviewers for their time and expertise.
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #journalisticintegrity #research #scientificresearch
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#science #scientificmethod #peerreview #journalisticintegrity #research #scientificresearch
Mindfulness effective for depression and anxiety even as short, recorded sessions.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #anxiety #anxietyrelief
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #anxiety #anxietyrelief
Efficacy of a Self-Guided Transdiagnostic Intervention for Adults With Anxiety and Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Anxiety and depressive disorders affect hundreds of millions globally, with substantial barriers limiting access to evidence-based treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy. Digital men...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Mindfulness effective for depression and anxiety even as short, recorded sessions.
mhealth.jmir.org/2025/1/e79759
#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #anxiety #anxietyrelief
mhealth.jmir.org/2025/1/e79759
#mindfulness #mentalhealth #depression #depressionmanagement #anxiety #anxietyrelief
Mindfulness for mental and physical health in Black and Latina women, finally getting much needed attention!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#mindfulness #mentalhealth #cardiovascularhealth #latina #black #bipoc #womenofcolor #culturaladaptation #innovation #healthcareinnovation
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #cardiovascularhealth #latina #black #bipoc #womenofcolor #culturaladaptation #innovation #healthcareinnovation
Centering mindfulness to address cardiovascular and psychological health in Black and Latina women - Nature Mental Health
Disparities in cardiovascular health among Black and Latina women are exacerbated by chronic stressors and limited access to mental health care. Culturally adapted mindfulness-based interventions repr...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Mindfulness for mental and physical health in Black and Latina women, finally getting much needed attention!
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#mindfulness #mentalhealth #cardiovascularhealth #latina #black #bipoc #womenofcolor #culturaladaptation #innovation #healthcareinnovation
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#mindfulness #mentalhealth #cardiovascularhealth #latina #black #bipoc #womenofcolor #culturaladaptation #innovation #healthcareinnovation
Forbes continuing to post about the beneficial influence of competencies stemming from mindfulness, in this case, letting go.
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #burnout #burnoutprevention #executivefunction #emotionalresilience
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #burnout #burnoutprevention #executivefunction #emotionalresilience
Why Mindfully ‘Letting It Be’ Beats ‘Keeping Calm To Carry On’
How to practice mindfulness, mindfulness for leaders, mindfulness at work, non-attachment at work.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Forbes continuing to post about the beneficial influence of competencies stemming from mindfulness, in this case, letting go.
www.forbes.com/sites/ellenc...
#mindfulness #mentalhealth #burnout #burnoutprevention #executivefunction #emotionalresilience
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#mindfulness #mentalhealth #burnout #burnoutprevention #executivefunction #emotionalresilience
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New leaked data from DHS proves that ICE is NOT deporting violent criminals…and its getting worse.
Read the full article from Cato at www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
Read the full article from Cato at www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
New leaked data from DHS proves that ICE is NOT deporting violent criminals…and its getting worse.
Read the full article from Cato at www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
Read the full article from Cato at www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.