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Transform Your Mind, Change Your Brain

By Jerome Stone|2015-12-14T23:18:28-07:00March 31, 2011|Categories: Neuroscience, Science|Tags: brain changes, compassion, contemplation, empathy, meditation, meditative awareness, mindfulness, nurse|

Meditation Causes Positive Changes in the Brain I've already written [...]

Compassion in Action: Band of Brothers

By Jerome Stone|2011-09-14T15:33:55-06:00March 29, 2011|Categories: Compassion|Tags: charity, compassion, empathy, nursing|

I write about compassion, hoping in some small way to [...]

Meditation Increases Our Ability to Be Compassionate

By Jerome Stone|2014-09-17T13:08:34-06:00February 25, 2011|Categories: Neuroscience, Science|Tags: awareness, brain changes, compassion, empathy, meditation, mindfulness, nursing, patient centered care, practice meditation|

Research shows that meditation affects the structure of the brain, increasing happiness, and decreasing anxiety and suffering.

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Meditation Tip of the Week: When You Meditate, Forget About Yourself!

By Jerome Stone|2019-10-24T13:50:17-06:00December 2, 2019|Categories: Meditation Tip of the Week|Tags: Buddhism, compassion, Difficulties in Learning to Meditate, meditation, practice meditation|

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION THIS WEEK MARKS THE [...]

Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate Under Water…Or Biking Up a Mountain!

By Jerome Stone|2019-10-24T13:49:24-06:00November 26, 2019|Categories: Meditation Tip of the Week|Tags: awareness, Difficulties in Learning to Meditate, Jerome Stone, meditation, meditative awareness, mindful, mindfulness, Phillipe Petit, practice meditation|

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Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate on What Scares You! Seriously!!

By Jerome Stone|2019-10-24T13:48:21-06:00November 19, 2019|Categories: Meditation Tip of the Week|Tags: Difficulties in Learning to Meditate, Jerome Stone, meditation, meditation tip of the week, meditative awareness, practice meditation|

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Meditation Tip of the Week: Investigate the Nature of Thoughts…They’re Not Real!

By Jerome Stone|2019-10-24T13:46:48-06:00November 12, 2019|Categories: Meditation Tip of the Week|Tags: Difficulties in Learning to Meditate, distraction, how to meditate, meditation, practice meditation, Sogyal Rinpoche, Thoughts, tips on how to meditate, working with thoughts|

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How to Watch the Cloud-Like Thoughts Within Our Mind

By Jerome Stone|2019-10-24T13:44:49-06:00November 5, 2019|Categories: Meditation Tip of the Week|Tags: awareness, contemplation, Jerome Stone, meditation, meditative awareness, mindful, mindfulness, nurse, nurses, nursing, practice meditation, Thoughts|

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK ...IS A SERIES OF SHORT, [...]

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Empowerment Is Already Within You

By Jerome Stone|2015-12-14T23:37:52-07:00September 30, 2013|Categories: Nursing|Tags: how to meditate, nurse, nurses, nursing|

What makes you powerful is something that you already have, it’s within your heart and it’s within your mind. What makes you powerful is the fact that you have awareness and that you have compassion.

Meditation for Nurses, A Natural Evolution for Nursing

By Jerome Stone|2015-10-27T16:46:40-06:00July 31, 2013|Categories: Nursing|Tags: how to meditate, meditation, meditation for nurses, nurse, patient centered care|

While this week's post is directed towards nurses and healthcare professionals, I encourage all of my readers to have a look. Since healthcare and its practitioners can impact all of us at some point in our lives, it's important to know what nursing is doing about showing up at the bedside, mindful and compassionate. Enjoy!

Nurses Need to Meditate! Eight Reasons Why and How to Do It…

By Jerome Stone|2014-09-08T23:50:16-06:00May 15, 2013|Categories: Nursing|Tags: meditation, meditation for nurses, nurse, nurses, nursing|

If you work as a nurse or work in the healthcare field, or even know someone who does, meditation is an important tool to help you be more present in your work...and your life!

Meditation and Compassion: Nursing from the Heart of the Awakened Mind

By Jerome Stone|2014-09-08T23:49:05-06:00November 1, 2012|Categories: Nursing|Tags: compassion, meditation, meditation for nurses, nurse, nurses, nursing, what is meditation|

Even though this post is written with nurses and healthcare professional in mind, its content may be valuable for anyone who reads it. Give it a read and see. Let me know whether it works for you, regardless of what profession you're in. Enjoy!

Breaking News: Meditation Heals Healthcare’s Woes!

By Jerome Stone|2014-09-08T23:48:25-06:00September 7, 2012|Categories: Neuroscience, Nursing|Tags: benefits of meditation, healthcare, how to meditate, Indiegogo, Indiegogo campaign, meditation, meditation for healthcare professionals, meditation for nurses, Minding the Bedside, nurse, nurses, nursing|

If meditation can heal your mind, can it also heal the state of healthcare? I've never been known to think small, so my ideas about how meditation can help to bring change to the world of healthcare aren't small either. But what about this title, "Meditation Heals Healthcare's Woes!," is it possible? If you can learn to stabilize your mind, and heal its negative habits, can you take that healing into the workplace? Let's see...