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The Healthy: How to Use Meditation for Anxiety and Restore Your Inner Calm

By The Healthy Minds Team

The Healthy quotes Dr. Cortland Dahl on ways to make mindfulness and appreciation-based meditation a habit.

The Healthy quotes Dr. Cortland Dahl on ways to make mindfulness and appreciation-based meditation a habit.

“Combining mindfulness and appreciation activates a constellation of brain circuits that promote resilience and emotional well-being,” Dahl says. “Over time, by activating these same circuits repeatedly through short moments of mindfulness and appreciation, it gets easier and easier to shift from overwhelm and anxiety to inner calm and a positive outlook.”


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