Meditation apps such as Calm, Headspace and Aura promote meditating every day for a happier and more peaceful life. They state that with daily meditation, true tranquility and mindfulness are easy to ...

From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Fighting addiction can be tough, but one local man has started a recovery program with a unique way to thrive through recovery. Refuge Recovery, a treatment center for those ...

Have you ever enjoyed an activity so much so that you can’t imagine what life would be like without it? If so, then you’ve experienced addiction. Although we commonly consider addiction in relation to ...

One of the first steps in dealing with addiction is to discover the emotional cause of it, whether it is fear, depression, anxiety, or pessimism. Many times these unwholesome thoughts and beliefs come ...

A recent JAMA Network Open study investigated the efficacy and underlying neural mechanism of mindfulness meditation (MM) intervention for treating adults with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). IGD is ...

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Two researchers of Buddhism studied hundreds of Buddhism-related apps and conclude that they tend to mask the symptoms of stress rather than fundamentally addressing the root problem. As it is ...

If you’ve found yourself in a cycle of codependent relationships, rest assured that there is a way out. Learning how to overcome codependency will take some deep inner work, but with the help of ...

Outcome measures for mindfulness meditation (MM) and progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) treatments. Changes for Internet gaming disorder participants from pre- to post-treatment in the MM and PMR ...

Mindfulness meditation is proving to be a game-changer for reducing gaming cravings by reshaping brain connectivity, especially between regions linked to self-regulation and control. A study published ...

Outside of gambling addiction, case studies have investigated the applications of mindfulness for treating addiction to work (i.e., workaholism) and sex. In the case of the workaholic, a director of a ...