Episode 4 – Depression and Meditation – My Personal Journey
So, this was a tough one to get through in one piece! I discuss my personal relationship with my own depression and the journey I’ve taken with meditation since. I provide some statistics as well as the anecdotal evidence of my own path of enlightenment.
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The National Institute of Mental Health (A Subdivision of the National Institute of Health) - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml
The World Health Organization - https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression
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Harvard Medical School – Harvard Health Publishing - https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/harvard-researchers-study-how-mindfulness-may-change-the-brain-in-depressed-patients/
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Goyal, M., et al., “Meditation Programs for Psychological Stress and Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” – JAMA Internal Medicine, March 2014. - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1809754
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