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‘Warm’ mindfulness may be best for breaking unhealthful habits
According to a roundup of research published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can improve a person’s ability to change their behavior by boosting their capacity for focused attention and emotion regulation.In 1977, Jon Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester began creating the first MBI called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. He defined mindfulness as “awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.” In recent years, psychiatrists have developed other MBIs tailored for specific conditions.