Ted Meissner

If worries keep you from falling back asleep, experts know what to try | CNN If racing thoughts are stealing your sleep, these strategies can help you calm your mind and get more rest.

Trouble sleeping? There are a few things you can try in addition to mindfulness.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/h...

#mindfulness #sleep #mentalhealth #bettersleep

School of Medicine Earns Exclusive Recognition for Mindfulness Efforts One of only three programs worldwide to earn the honor, UMKC School of Medicine is advancing physician well-being through mindfulness and resiliency education

This is one of the gaps I would like to see filled more: recognition for efforts that demonstrably help people with mindfulness.

www.umkc.edu/news/posts/2...

#mindfulness #burnout #mentalhealth #emotionalresiliency #stressmanagement #depression #anxiety

My favorite writer reshared my FB post so I'm gonna do a legit swoon now. ☺️☺️☺️

"The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science..."

arxiv.org/pdf/2511.04820

#science #peerreview #scientificmethod #scientificpublishing

More than 200 Korean papers retracted over AI use More than 200 academic papers in South Korea have been retracted over suspicions that artificial in…

"The number of AI-suspected retractions was only nine before 2022, the year ChatGPT was publicly released, but has surged to 195 since 2023."

www.donga.com/en/article/a...

#science #peerreview #scientificmethod #ai #artificialintelligence #aimisuse

Unbelievable. ICE points an assault weapon in a US citizen’s face and tries to smash her car window in…because she honked her horn.

Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.

No contract? NO COFFEE!

When the president tells a woman “Quiet, piggy” it’s time for everyone to make noise.

A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”

"With survey data tainted by bots, AI can poison the entire knowledge ecosystem.”

#peerreview #researchintegrity #ai #gai #aihasalreadycomeforyourjob #plagiarism #fraud

www.404media.co/a-researcher...

Research integrity conference hit with AI-generated abstracts The first of three themes for next year’s World Conference on Research Integrity will be the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence for research integrity. In an ironic and possibly predicta…

"As in past years with plagiarized abstracts, almost all of those flagged this year were submitted by authors who also applied for travel grants..."

#peerreview #researchintegrity #ai #gai #aihasalreadycomeforyourjob #plagiarism #fraud

retractionwatch.com/2025/11/18/r...

My expectation is that it's already *been* edited.

I expect this was near unanimous because the files have been scrubbed. On the TX decision, looks like they're immediately appealing to their bought and paid for SCOTUS to overturn actual legal decisions -- again.

Omg the GOP’s newly gerrymandered Texas map just got blocked by the courts!!! Hahahaha Trump’s chaos is backfiring spectacularly. Love to see it.

Mindfulness as a tool to reduce political polarisation - Uppsala University

Mindfulness helpful in bridging political divides? Read on!

www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

#mindfulness #politics #politicalpolarization

What I find interesting in this timely article about handling holiday tensions is that all seven of the listed approaches are mindful ones:

www.novanthealth.org/healthy-head...

#mindfulness #holidaystress #mentalhealth #harmony #holidaytension #family

Cost-Effectiveness of a Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial - Mindfulness Objectives This study aimed to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) program compared with treatment as usual in the Spanish National Health System....

Continue to learn more about how mindfulness programs are more cost effective than treatment as usual, in this case for maternal depression.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#mindfulness #childbirth #parenting #mentalhealth #wellbeing #maternaldepression #depression #depressionmanagement

YouTube video by Mindfulness Voyage Detached Self Observation

New #mindfulness episode is live: youtu.be/IIdNiMfxTJA

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From nerve-racking to welcome: How mindfulness helps people engage with feedback to improve Whether you’re walking into a performance appraisal or anticipating a grade, recognizing that feedback is valuable is the first step towards growth.

Mindfulness helps in receiving feedback in this research with students, and can have even more interesting beneficial outcomes than just emotion regulation.

#mindfulness #mentalhealth #wellbeing #emotionregulation #feedback #criticism

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Fascinating research on the difference between Body Positivity, Body Neutrality, and how each influences self-esteem and mindfulness. Or perhaps is influenced by them!

#mindfulness #mentalhealth #bodyimage #bodypositivity #bodyneutrality #selfesteem #gratitude

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The best meditation apps to quit doomscrolling and find peace instead You can’t control this chaotic world, but the best meditation apps can help you control how you react to it, one deep breath at a time

The author of this popular media article has experience in *one* kind of meditation only. So what was ranked "best" may simply be what matches personal preferences. So with that grain of salt:

#mindfulness #meditation #transcendentalmeditation

www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...

Interesting to see how different aspects of mindfulness show up in various contexts, here with rock climbing.

#mindfulness #climbing

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bondi man secures second date with yoga instructor after surviving two-hour chat at Common Supply about mindfulness HARD YARDS: A Bondi man says he’s looking forward to his second date with a local yoga instructor after enduring a gruelling two-hour conversation about mindfulness at Common Supply café on Campbell P...

Just to be clear, this is a satire site!

#mindfulness #humor #mindfulnesshumor #yoga #yogadating

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Mindfulness for women with Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD).

#mindfulness #jawpain #chronicjawpain #painmanagement #tmd #temporomandibulardisorder

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Meeting Difficult Emotions- Caroline Hoffman This is "Meeting Difficult Emotions- Caroline Hoffman" by The Mindfulness Network on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

For those who missed it, The Mindfulness Network hosted Caroline Hoffman to speak about Meeting Difficult Emotions -- here's the link to the recording:

vimeo.com/1133449194/f...

#mindfulness #mentalhealth #wellbeing #emotionregulation #meetingdifficultemotions #stress #depression #anxiety

Oddly, the Gill Man is not what caught my eye, but what looks like a Stargate chevron.

My hope is this overwhelming reality provides enough momentum for universal healthcare. A reaching hope, I know.

Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers’ access to data, European Commission rules Data are needed to study how social media spreads misinformation and influences elections, scientists say

They only comply, apparently, after being forced by law to do so.

www.science.org/content/arti...

#meta #facebook #tiktok #science #scientificresearch #shenanigans

BIPOC Women's Retreat -- www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-re...

#mindfulness #retreat #mindfulnessretreat #bipoc #bipocretreat #womenofcolor #meditation #mentalhealth #wellbeing #worcester