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An invitation to move toward greater balance, control and participation in your life...

World wide, tens of thousands of people have accepted this invitation. They are a lot like you, and they've learned to integrate into their everyday lives the methods we've developed here at UMass. Two decades of published research indicates that the majority of people who complete the course report:

  • Lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms
  • An increased ability to relax
  • Reductions in pain levels and an enhanced ability to cope with pain that may not go away
  • Greater energy and enthusiasm for life
  • Improved self-esteem
  • An ability to cope more effectively with both short and long-term stressful situations.

We call our approach mindfulness-based stress reduction or MBSR...


Visit the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society to read the full article

 

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I provide a structure to help you through the process of deciding whether you truly want to make the transition out of your current profession. If you decide to stay in practice, we will find work-life strategies to help you fit your profession into your life rather than your continuing to try to fit your life into your profession.

 

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 Between 1979 and 1995, I tried to make the practice of law work for me on three different continents, in different-sized law firms, but I still felt as if I were in jail doing a life sentence. I made a lot of money, but I spent a lot of money too -- to compensate for the fact I never had enough time to relax and catch up with myself. I was burned out and miserable, but I kept going because I didn't know for sure there was another path.

 

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