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What Is Mindfulness and How Can It Benefit You? | Dr. Nicole Tetreault | Neuroscientist, Ph.D

February 28, 2023 • Pressing Forward • Season 3 • Episode 2

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Anxiety disorders affects 40 million adults , ages 18 and older every year.
On this week's episode, we sit down with Neuroscientist, Author, International Speaker, Founder, Researcher, & Meditation Teacher, Dr. Nicole Tetreault, as we explore the benefits mindfulness offers with anxiety, its origins, and how it can impact the brain positively.

Introduction (0:00- 2:15)
How She Was Introduced to Meditation (2:15- 4:42)
How Mindfulness Guides Her Work (4:42- 8:37)
What is Mindfulness (8:37- 10:43)
How Mindfulness Impacts the Brain (10:43- 14:30)
What Mindfulness Actually Looks Like (14:30- 20:06)
How It Helps With Anxiety (20:06- 21:05)
Her Book (21:05- 23:27)
One Suggestion to Audience (23:27- End)

Keep up with Dr. Tetreault :
- Her book, "Insight into a Bright Mind", explores groundbreaking research examining the experiences of unique, creative, and intense brains through interviews, storytelling, and literary science, while advocating for new directions of human diversity and neurodiversity.
- For more on her background and her work, visit her website
https://www.nicoletetreault.com/
- Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/awesome_neuro/
- You can also find her on Psychology Today, and other therapy listings

For the visual episode , check it out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6OGbjxT980gZYAFKnlRLg

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