Enough with the Mindfulness

<p>Sharon Salzberg was one of the first to bring meditation and mindfulness into mainstream American culture beginning in the 1970s. She's a co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of eleven books, including the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, <em>Real Happiness</em>. Her podcast <em>The Metta Hour</em>, features interviews with leaders in the mindfulness movement. She recently released “Care for Caregivers,” a series of eight guided meditations aimed at helping caregivers build resilience, available online and on a dedicated app. In this interview, she explains what mindfulness is and isn’t, and lays out how it can help caregivers become more resilient.<br><br>Take our <a href="http://mountsinai.org/rtrsurvey">listener survey</a> to help us bring you more resilience insights!</p><p><b>Links</b></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/care-for-caregivers/">Care for Caregivers</a> (mindfulness-based resilience techniques)</li><li><a href="https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/initiatives/programs/contemplative-based-resilience/care-for-caregivers-app/">Care for Caregivers smartphone app</a></li><li><a href="https://www.mountsinai.org/about/wellness/ms-calm">Mount Sinai Calm</a></li><li><a href="https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/well-being">Office of Well-Being and Resilience</a> at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</li><li><a href="https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/departments/psychiatry/clinical/stress-resilience-personal-growth-center">Mount Sinai Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth</a></li></ul>