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    B.S. Human Biology

    B.S. Psychology

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    Minors in Health Promotion & 

    Bioethics, Humanities, and Society

    M.S. Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine Candidate

    Institute for Functional Medicine trained in Immune, Detoxification, Energy, Hormone, and Gastrointestinal Advanced Practice Modules

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      Therapeutic Benefits of Mindfulness Practices for Mood Disorders

      June 20, 2017

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      Ali Le Vere, B.S., B.S., M.S. Candidate

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      Thoughts become things.

      This isn't just some hippie-dippy, crunchy-granola, new-age construct (and don't get me wrong, I live for all things hippie-dippy). This is scientifically validated fact, well established in the peer-reviewed literature.

      Mindset is instrumental to healing, since our thoughts influence our tendency towards inflammation, our propensity to develop pathology, the density of our brain matter, and our attainment of allostasis—the adaptive activation of neural, neuroendocrine and neuroendocrine- immune mechanisms to maintain stability in the face of stressful challenges (McEwen, 1998).

      A meta-analysis of over three hundred articles by Segerstrom and Miller (2004) elucidated that physiological reactions to acute stressors serve adaptive functions, wher...

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