Dr Nicholas Van Dam
School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
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Mindfulness is everywhere, but what actually is it?
Clinical psychologist Dr Nicholas Van Dam explains that despite it being associated with everything from eating to the army, mindfulness isn’t what many of us think it is
Health & Medicine
What is mindfulness? Nobody really knows, and that’s a problem
Mindfulness, or focusing on the present moment to improve awareness, is all the rage in schools, workplaces, and medical clinics, but questions have been raised over how poorly it is defined and researched