Susan Smalley
Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, and is the founder of the Mindful Awareness Research Center, to better understand how increased awareness of one’s interconnectedness to oneself, each other, and nature influences creativity and compassion in shaping a kinder world.
Articles by this Author
Living And Loving ADHD
- By Susan Smalley
- Published 12/8/2007
- ADD - ADHD
Although ADHD is still classified a disorder because of the challenges
individual's face with it, I'm more convinced everyday that it is a way
of thinking and processing the world that is so beneficial to humanity,
we must turn our attention to it.
Meditation: The Seat Belt Of Mental Health
- By Susan Smalley
- Published 11/28/2007
- Meditation and mindfulness
We all know that the road of life is bumpy with unexpected drop-offs,
accidents, and only the occasional smooth-sailing highway.
I
believe that meditation -- a practice for increasing awareness -- is
truly a seat belt of mental health, a protection for us on the
hazardous road of life.
Mindfulness And Meditation In The Modern World
- By Susan Smalley
- Published 11/24/2007
- Meditation and mindfulness
Overall,
adding meditation to one's life appears to improve an overall state of
well-being (happiness, if you will), reduce anxiety, and foster healthy
relationships.
A geneticist I know describes Buddhist meditation techniques as a
"technology with some 2,000 years of research and development."