The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 04/23/12

Host Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, www.drznaturally.com, interviews Don McCown and Marc Micozzi, co-authors of . New WorldMindfulness: From the Founding Fathers, Emerson, and Thoreau to Your Personal Practice. Donald McCown is assistant professor of integrative health at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and the former director of the Mindfulness at Work program at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine.  Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D., is adjunct professor of physiology and biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the founding director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in Washington, D.C. and The author and editor of Fundamentals of Complementary & Alternative Medicine. We are all busy--and we all long for quiet and connection. Yet despite the growing body of evidence supporting the benefits of mindfulness, the hectic pace of modern life leaves little time to devote to meditation, relaxation, and contemplation. In today’s show,mindfulness teacher and therapist Donald McCown and physician Marc Micozzi provide techniques to successfully integrate mindfulness into real life so we can rise above the stress of work, family, and community that can easily pull us out of the moment and into states of tension, anxiety, or depression. Contact: http://store.innertraditions.com/isbn/978-1-59477-424-9