What is Mindfulness and Why Has It Gone Mainstream?

Guests: Michael Buxton, PhD, Associate Clinical Professor of Counseling Psychology, BYU Counseling and Psychological Services; Jared Warren, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, BYU; Patrick Steffen, PhD, Professor of Psychology, BYU Around the country, you’ll find it being taught in schools, sports programs, hospitals, cancer treatment clinics, addiction and counseling centers. A Google Scholar search for scientific journal articles on mindfulness yields more than 400,000 results. Mindful meditation has gone mainstream. It’s not just for hippies who do yoga. Here we explore what mindfulness is and how it works with a panel of experts who both study and practice it.