Mindfulness and Meditation Resources

MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION APPS

• Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/andy-puddicombe
• Smiling Mind: https://www.smilingmind.com.au/
• Nursewell:  https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/nursewell/id1173365253?mt=8
• Treat: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/treat-app/id1191296620?mt=8

MOOC

A free Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) – Mindfulness for wellbeing and peak performance: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-wellbeing-performance

VIDEOS

• The neuroscience of compassion:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hks4ructy
• TED Talk – All it takes is 10 mindful minutes:   https://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes?language=en&utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
• Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn
• What is mindfulness?
• Applications of mindfulness
• Mindfulness and executive functioning
• Applying mindfulness for study and life

FREE E-BOOK

Compassion: Bridging Practice and Science, by Tania Singer and Matthias Bolz (see pp. 622-680 – The Mindful Self-Compassion Training Program): http://www.compassion-training.org/

RESEARCH ARTICLES ABOUT LOVING-KINDNESS MEDITATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Boellinghaus, I., Jones, F. & Hutton, J. (2014). The role of mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation in cultivating self-compassion and other-focused concern in health care professionals. Mindfulness, 5, 129-138.

http://self-compassion.org/wp-content/uploads/publications/LKMnursesupdate.pdf

Seppala, E., Hutcherson, C., Nguyen, D., Doty, J. & Gross, J. (2014). Loving-kindness meditation: A tool to improve healthcare provider compassion, resilience and patient care. Journal of Compassionate Health Care.1(5), 1-9.

https://jcompassionatehc.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40639-014-0005-9