Dr. Dave Vago

It's supposed to achieve deeper connection. And these dyads are showing evidence that they work even better than just practicing on a cushion by oneself. But if the intention is to find and nurture pro-social types of connections or altruistic types of behaviors, that kind of connection may be necessary in order to facilitate that kind of personal relationship with others.

It's supposed to achieve deeper connection. And these dyads are showing evidence that they work even better than just practicing on a cushion by oneself. But if the intention is to find and nurture pro-social types of connections or altruistic types of behaviors, that kind of connection may be necessary in order to facilitate that kind of personal relationship with others.

It's supposed to achieve deeper connection. And these dyads are showing evidence that they work even better than just practicing on a cushion by oneself. But if the intention is to find and nurture pro-social types of connections or altruistic types of behaviors, that kind of connection may be necessary in order to facilitate that kind of personal relationship with others.

Oh yeah, decentering, for those in your audience who don't know, it's a psychological process that involves really two components. One is this sort of disidentification from one's internal experience. And the other is reduced reactivity to those thoughts that you may be having. So the idea here is that

Oh yeah, decentering, for those in your audience who don't know, it's a psychological process that involves really two components. One is this sort of disidentification from one's internal experience. And the other is reduced reactivity to those thoughts that you may be having. So the idea here is that

Oh yeah, decentering, for those in your audience who don't know, it's a psychological process that involves really two components. One is this sort of disidentification from one's internal experience. And the other is reduced reactivity to those thoughts that you may be having. So the idea here is that

We all have, if we take stock of our mental habits, we have sensations, thoughts, and feelings that are not always really helpful. Things like I'm stressed, overwhelmed, but other things that are very personally deconstructive in some ways. So we say, or destructive in some ways. I'm not good enough is one of the most common feelings that people experience.

We all have, if we take stock of our mental habits, we have sensations, thoughts, and feelings that are not always really helpful. Things like I'm stressed, overwhelmed, but other things that are very personally deconstructive in some ways. So we say, or destructive in some ways. I'm not good enough is one of the most common feelings that people experience.

We all have, if we take stock of our mental habits, we have sensations, thoughts, and feelings that are not always really helpful. Things like I'm stressed, overwhelmed, but other things that are very personally deconstructive in some ways. So we say, or destructive in some ways. I'm not good enough is one of the most common feelings that people experience.

And the thoughts that go along with it are always overwhelming. connected to some negative self-worth or levels of unhappiness, or even just feelings of I'm angry, I'm worried, it becomes reified into our own self-identity that I'm an angry person, I'm a worried person. And the idea behind decentering is to provide a healthy distance, psychological distance between oneself and one's thoughts.

And the thoughts that go along with it are always overwhelming. connected to some negative self-worth or levels of unhappiness, or even just feelings of I'm angry, I'm worried, it becomes reified into our own self-identity that I'm an angry person, I'm a worried person. And the idea behind decentering is to provide a healthy distance, psychological distance between oneself and one's thoughts.

And the thoughts that go along with it are always overwhelming. connected to some negative self-worth or levels of unhappiness, or even just feelings of I'm angry, I'm worried, it becomes reified into our own self-identity that I'm an angry person, I'm a worried person. And the idea behind decentering is to provide a healthy distance, psychological distance between oneself and one's thoughts.

So you can then take your thought and put it out in front of you and say, well, I'm not angry. I am having a thought that I'm angry or it's not that I am not good enough. It's just a thought that I am not good enough. And that distance, that disidentification from that internal experience is probably one of the most critical mechanisms by which

So you can then take your thought and put it out in front of you and say, well, I'm not angry. I am having a thought that I'm angry or it's not that I am not good enough. It's just a thought that I am not good enough. And that distance, that disidentification from that internal experience is probably one of the most critical mechanisms by which

So you can then take your thought and put it out in front of you and say, well, I'm not angry. I am having a thought that I'm angry or it's not that I am not good enough. It's just a thought that I am not good enough. And that distance, that disidentification from that internal experience is probably one of the most critical mechanisms by which

Any clinical intervention functions to improve our relationship to our own thoughts and feelings and this requires strengthening the capacity of what we refer to as meta awareness. Right? And we've now. put these into our models for mindfulness.

Any clinical intervention functions to improve our relationship to our own thoughts and feelings and this requires strengthening the capacity of what we refer to as meta awareness. Right? And we've now. put these into our models for mindfulness.

Any clinical intervention functions to improve our relationship to our own thoughts and feelings and this requires strengthening the capacity of what we refer to as meta awareness. Right? And we've now. put these into our models for mindfulness.

We've identified areas in the brain that are important for developing this skill, but it allows us to have that decentered experience with our thoughts and feelings and sensations. So we don't get tied into or feeling obstructed by, or those thoughts getting in the way of just everyday behaviors, right? There's

We've identified areas in the brain that are important for developing this skill, but it allows us to have that decentered experience with our thoughts and feelings and sensations. So we don't get tied into or feeling obstructed by, or those thoughts getting in the way of just everyday behaviors, right? There's