Mindfulness Control
I escaped from new age spirituality and some of its main constituents: whitewashed Buddhism, and repackaged eastern myticism awhile ago, and I have the testimony somewhere to prove it, I think. I can't really escape it though, because while it rocked its heydey many moons ago in hip places like Boulder, Colorado or California (same place different locations), or Austin TX, or Ashewille, NC, the East Coast in general - Mindfulness and Meditation have come to the hinterlands (the Midwest) and have swept the healthcare industry, the media and educational institutions as a health modality dealing with issues of stress, trauma, mind clarity, increased work performance and other "potential" (not proven) benefits. Hence, this scholarly, published work: Mind The Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation By: Nicholas T. Van Dam , 1 Marieke K. van Vugt , 2, † David R. Vago , 3, † Laura Schmalzl , 4, † Cli...