News and Publicity
2025
Rebooting 2025 How to regroup after a rough start to the new year. By Sandy Cohen, UCLA Health News, Feb 2025. Read more
‘Survivor’s guilt’ is real right now in L.A. By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, Jan 2025.
2024
Spending the holiday season alone this year? How to make the most of it. By Monica Haider, CNN, Dec 2024.
How to Handle Election Stress. By Sandy Cohen, UCLA Health, Oct 2024.
How to practice mindful meditation in our everyday lives. By Peter O'Dowd and Samantha Raphelson. Wbur, May 2024.
Why you should be using a mindfulness journal — and how to keep with it — according to experts. By Kara Birnbaum. Feb 2024.
No Pain, No Gain? Your Body Would Like a Word. .
2023
The Power of Meditation: A Beginner's Guide to Mindfulness. By Paul Wynn.
Coping with holiday stress. UCLA Health, Dec 2023.
The Best Meditation Apps. By Caira Blackwell. NY Times, Nov 2023.
8 Ways to Keep Atopic Dermatitis From Ruining Your Holidays. By Beck Upham. Everyday Health, Oct 2023.
What's Good?! Mindful Awareness at the Hammer Museum. By Amy Paffrath. Spectrum News, Oct 2023.
5 Meditations to Calm Anxiety. By Kamilah Majied. Lion's Roar, Jul 2023.
Here's how 10 minutes of mindfulness can help make or break a family vacation. By Allison Aubrey. NPR, Jul 2023.
What Are The Types of Meditation? By Paul Wynn
Can Mindfulness Meditation Ease Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain? By Meryl Davids Landau. Everyday Health, Jun 2023.
13 chill L.A. parks for when you want to do absolutely nothing. By Mark Gozonsky. LA Times, Jun 2023.
What You Need To Know About The Best Guided Meditations. Lauren Silva. Forbes, Jun 2023.
Learn about mindfulness from Diana Winston. By Matt Flesock. Sound Body Sound Mind, May 2023.
A guide to meditation for people who think they can’t meditate. By Allie Volpe. Vox, May 2023.
11 great apps for learning about mindfulness. By Rebecca Ruiz. Mashable, Apr 2023.
Meditation apps for beginners: how to find the right app for you. By Zack Zwiezen. US Times Post, Mar 2023.
How to choose a meditation app that's right for you. By Rebecca Ruiz. Mashable, Mar 2023.
5 Completely Free Meditation Apps to Help Center Your Mind. By Danielle Slauter. Real Simple, Mar 2023.
For first Black man to wear hiking’s ‘triple crown,’ the trails are a place for healing. By Dakota Kim. LA Times, Feb 2023.
The Best Meditation Apps To Help You Relax. By Kristi Echert. Tell Me Best, Feb 2023.
Why Do You Sometimes Cry While Meditating? By Hannah Darling Fenn. Glam, Jan 2023.
Mental health healer, heal thyself. By Sandy Cohen. UCLA Health, Jan 2023.
The ability to be compassionate towards self is essential for positive mental health, studies show. By Sara E. Teller. Legal Reader, Jan 2023.
The 14 Best Meditation Apps to Download Right Now. By Sophie Saint Thomas and Audrey Noble. Allure, Jan 2023.
2022
How to be less stressed and more present this holiday season, according to experts. By Stephanie Dubois. CBC News, Dec 2022.
6 Free Gratitude Meditations to Help You Get Grounded. By Rebecca Ruiz. Mashable, Nov 2022.
Mindfulness matters. By Rachel Rothschild. Prime, Fall 2022.
Use these mental health resources to help yourself — or anyone else. By Laura Newberry. LA Times, Sept 2022.
The 7 best meditation apps you can use for free. By Dave Johnson. Business Insider, Aug 2022.
Say Yes to an Open Heart. By Diana Winston. Lion's Roar, Aug 2022.
Learn Meditation and Mindfulness at a Museum. By Barbara Twardowski and Jim Twardowski. Next Avenue, Jul 2022.
Goldie Hawn’s ’emotional vaccine’ for kids’ anxiety: Mindfulness. By CNN, Jul 2022.
The 9 Best Online Guided Meditation Options in 2022. By Gia Miller and Karen Lamoreaux. Psych Central, Jun 2022.
Can meditation and mindfulness exercises reduce stress? By CBS Texas Staff. CBS News, May 2022.
All About Guided Sleep Meditation. By Kaitlin Vogel. Psych Central, May 2022.
The 9 Best Free Sleep Meditation Apps. By Emma Singer. Pure Wow, May 2022.
UCLA First Thursdays amplifies student mental wellness resources, ends with vocal and comedic performances. By Eva Danesh. Daily Bruin, May 2022.
A lot has changed during the pandemic. How to navigate our new normal. UC Davis Health, May 2022.
Effective Ways to Use Technology For Practising Mindfulness. Business Matters, Mar 2022.
Mindfulness Summit for Executives Launches in Response to New Workplace Challenges. Digital Journal, Mar 2022.
Stressed by traffic? Here’s how to cope. By Kristin Wong. LA Times, Mar 2022.
The 6 Best Meditation Apps in 2022. By Crystal Raypole and Traci Pedersen. Psych Central, Jan 022.
5 Easy Ways to Start Practicing Mindfulness Now. By Rebecca Ruiz. Mashable, Jan 2022.
2021
5 Reasons to Start a Mindfulness Practice — and How it Can Help You. By Jen Rose Smith. CNN, June 2021.
10 Types of Meditation: What to Know About Each One and How to Get Started. By Arricca Elin SanSone. Prevention, April 2021.
Netflix Wants To Help You Sleep. Why Wellness Is The Next Front In The Streaming Wars. By Nate Rogers. Los Angeles Times, April 2021.
10 Misconceptions You Might Have About Meditation, According to Experts. By Max Kalnitz. Insider, March 2021.
4 Beginner Mindfulness Exercises You Can Do Without an App. By Siobhan Neela-Stock. Mashable, March 2021.
2020
Opinion: UCLA’s mindfulness resources not worth much without proper publicity. By , Daily Bruin, October 2020.
How to Meditate When You Have No Idea Where to Start. By Anna Borges. Self, September 2020.
12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2020. By Stephanie Domet. Mindful, August 2020.
The way to begin meditating so it functions to you. By Harish. The News Pocket, July 2020.
Hammer Museum moves meditations to Zoom, sees attendance spike in stressful times. By Phoebe Chen. Daily Bruin, July 2020.
Join the Hammer Museum's ‘Mindful Awareness'. By Alysia Gray Painter. NBC Los Angeles, July 2020.
How to start meditating. By Amelia Niernberg. New York Times, June, 2020.
How to meditate: A beginner's guide to meditation and mindfulness. By Will Fischer. Insider, June, 2020.
10 things to do safely this summer in the great outdoors. By Ross May. Los Angeles Times, May, 2020.
Learn about mindfulness and its benefits — and how to practice it with or without meditation. By Moira Lawler. Insider, May, 2020.
How to Ease Stress During the Coronavirus Pandemic. By Jessica Branch. Consumer Reports, April, 2020.
Meditation and mindfulness tips for coping with the coronavirus pandemic. By Lisa Boone. Los Angeles Times, March 2020.
Can you even meditate without new-age music, man? By Brittany Levine Beckman. Mashable, March 2020.
The Newest Fertility Accessory: A Wellness Coach By Katharine Gammon. New York Times, February 2020.
How Southern California is Turning Mindfulness Into a Business. By Jennifer Rufer. Spectrum News, January 2020.
2019
Headspace app helps guide people through meditation. By Joe Fryer. Today, September 2019.
Let's Get Better. By JC Crumrine. Idyllwild Town Crier, August 2019.
Meditation alleviates depression in Spanish-speaking immigrants, study finds. By Eric Lopez-Maya et al. PLOS ONE, July 2019.
Tech of the Month: Mindfulness Apps. By Kathleen Doheny. Senior Planet, June 2019.
How to Get Better at Being. By Ephrat Livni. Quartzy, April 2019.
How A Grounded Pilot Used Meditation to Fly Again. By Stephanie Domet. Mindful, March 2019.
These Two Quick Breathing Practices Will Calm Your Racing Thoughts. By Caroline Muggia. MindBodyGreen, Mindfulness, March 2019.
Instagram's 'Hashtag Mindfulness' boom: The good, the bad, and the ugly. By Rachel Kraus. Mashable, Tech, March 2019.
Meditation Apps: Are They Worth It?. By Lidia Davis. Reviews, January 2019.
Mindfulness & the Mind-Body Connection. Larry King Now, January 2019.
Does L.A.’s Absurd, Narcissistic, and Pricey Mindfulness Trend Have Its Benefits? By Kelly MacLean. Los Angeles Magazine, January 2019.
2018
7 Tips to Travel Mindfully. By Sarah Schlichter. SmarterTravel.com, February 2018.
How Mindfulness Can Reduce Stress and Improve Quality of Life for People With MS. By Meryl Davids Landau. Everyday Health, October 2018.
2017
7 Ways to Manage Stress. By Janet Lee. Consumer Reports, June 2017.
De-Stress Your Life. By Sandra Block. Kiplinger's Personal Finance: Healthy Living on a Budget, February 2017.
Master the Art of Meditation. By Sandra Block. Kiplinger's Personal Finance: Healthy Living on a Budget, February 2017.
Mindfulness Trainers Reaching Out to School Principals. By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. Southern California Public Radio (KPCC): Education, January 2017.
5 Mental Tricks to Help You Manage Stress and Be More 'Mindful'in 2017. By Michelle Maltais. Los Angeles Times:Health and Wellness, January 2017.
2016
Feeling Stressed About the Election? Mindfulness Can Help. By Libby Denkmann and Monica Bushman. Southern California Public Radio (KPCC): Take Two, October 2016.
How Mindfulness is Changing Law Enforcement. By Jill Suttie. University of California, Berkeley: Greater Good, May 2016.
Mindfulness Meditation and Your Health. By Kathleen Doheny. Diabetic Lifestyle, April 2016.
Can You Meditate Your Way to Better Health? By Mary Brophy Marcus. CBS News, March 2016: A recent CBS news roundup of mindfulness research quoted MARC.
Can Mindfulness Meditation offer Drug-Free Pain Relief? By Mary Brophy Marcus. CBS News, March 2016.
Colleges Turn to Meditation to Help You Destress. By Greta Bjornson. USA Today: College, March 2016.
Simple Strategies to Improve Memory and Brain Health. By Meg Sibal, MD. Filipino Reporter: Editorials, March 2016.
Take a Minute, Breathe Deep, and Put Your Anxiety on Hold. By Dr. Leena Shankar Nathan. The Acorn: Health and Wellness, February 2016.
Too Scared to Sleep? What Can You Do? By David Cunnington. Huffington Post: Sleep and Wellness, January 2016.
2015
26 Ways to Avoid Getting Sick This Winter. By Lila Battis. Today: Health and Wellness, November 2015.
Mindfulness in the Classroom: A How-To Guide. By Linda Yaron. Education Week, November 2015.
Defeating my Anxiety. By JJ Cowles. The New York Times, November 2015.
Exploring the Promise of Mindfulness as Medicine. By Laura Bucholz. The Journal of the American Medical Association, October 2015.
4.7 million NIH grant to fund Mindfulness Research. By Julia Choi. The Brown Daily Herald, September 2015.
How Not to Fip your Lid over College Applicatinos. By Brennan Barnard. The Washington Post, August 2015.
The Power of Mindful Leadership. By Bill George. The Huffington Post, July 2015.
Try A Body Scan Before Sleep: 12 Ways to Meditate. Mens' Journal, June 2015.
Interview: Jessica Alba's Secrets. Shape Magazine, May 2015.
UCLA Offering Free weekly Meditation. By David Mark Simpson. Santa Monica Daily Press, March 2015.
25 Minutes of Silence in the City of Angels. By Jon Hanc. New York Times, March 2015.
6 tricks to a quick surgical recovery. Consumer Reports, March 2015.
Trouble sleeping? UCLA researchers say meditation might help. By Adrian Florido. 89.3 KPCC, February 2015.
Can Meditation Keep your Brain Youthful? By Denise Dador. ABC7 Eye Witness News, February 2015.
World 3.0: Meditation Promotes Health and Happiness. By Bianna Golodryga. Yahoo News, January 2015.
4 Helpful Meditation Apps. Washingtonian, December 2014.
2014
Burnt Out? The Busy Girl's Guide To Meditation, by Meirav Devash (Allure, 2014)
9 Field-Tested Strategies to Reduce Stress, by Erin Beresini (Outside Magazine, October 15, 2014)
5 Ways to Make Your Life Less Stressful (Cosmopolitan, September 28, 2014)
'Time-Outs' Are Hurting Your Child, by Daniel J. Siegel M.D and Tina Payne Bryson Ph.D. (Time Magazine, September 23, 2014)
Coping with anxiety: Newsmen share strategies, including Meditation, by Mary MacVean (Los Agneles Times, September 19, 2014)
Goop mag #15, by Gwyneth Paltrow (Goop Magazine, May 2014)
Don't Stress, Live a Little, by Dan Gordon (UCLA Magazine, January 2014)
Daniel Siegel: "Brainstorm: The Power And Purpose Of The Teenage Brain, by Diane Rehm (National Pubic Radio, January 2014)
Meditation can help with anxiety, pain, depression, study says, by Mary MacVean (Los Angeles Times, January 2014)
2013
Study: Living with purpose equals better health, by Denise Dador (ABC 7 News, August 2013)
Music as Meditation heals, connects, by Ileana Najarro, (Santa Monica Daily Press, July 2013)
Mindfulness meditation: It may be essential, but, boy, it isn't easy, by Mary MacVean (Los Angeles Times, March 2013)
Practicing Mindful Leadership, by Erika Tierney Garms (American Society for Training & Development, March 2013)
Don't Overthink It, by Ben Kallen (Los Angeles Magazine, March 2013)
Mindfulness in Action: Kari Mozena vs. Her Wandering Mind, by Kari Mozena (Los Angeles Magazine, March 2013)
Emergency Stress Relief- Relief Tension at Work, by Kim Tranell (Oprah.com, February 2013)
How to find that mind-body balance, and keep it, by Hillary MacGregor (Los Angeles Times, January 2013)
2012
Stressed out? 5 ways the internet can help, by Deborah Netburn (Sydney Morning Herald, November 2012)
Drop-in Meditation Sessions Help Bring Awareness and Release Stress, by Mary MacVean (Los Angeles Times, September 2012)
Live in the moment with Mindful Meditation, by Stephanie Carey (Daily News, August 2012)
Mindfulness meditation is shown to reduce loneliness in elderly in a recent study, by Carnegie Mellon University and UCLA scientists (Carnegie Mellon University Press, July 2012)
East Meets West in UCLA Medicine, by Scott Fields (UCLA Magazine, July 2012)
2011
Busy is measured in Units of Shatner, by William Shatner and Chris Regan (Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large. Penguin Group. 2011)
Event: Mindful Awareness: Ancient Practice, Modern Science, (Women & Philanthropy, November 2011)
Mindful Awareness Research Center Event Explores Neuroscience Behind Creativity Through Meditation, Song by James Barragan and Lauren Jow, (UCLA Daily Bruin, June 2011)
Scientific Studies Suggest that Mindfulness Can Be Beneficial to Well-Being by Sandy Bui (UCLA Daily Bruin, May 2011)
Meditation Practices in the Wake of Tragedy by Diana Winston, (Mindful.org, March 2011)
Suffering Is Optional by Dr. Sue Smalley and Diana Winston (Mindful.org, January 2011)
2010
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center Provides Classes on How to Relax by Laura Moeini (UCLA Daily Bruin, September 2010)
Saying Yes to An Open Heart by Diana Winston (Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, May 2010)
Creating Community in LA: Neighborhood Meditation Groups by Michael Sigman (The Huffington Post, Feb 2010)
2009
What Inspired A Scientist To Open A Meditation Center At UCLA? by Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald (The Huffington Post, July 15, 2009)
'Mindfulness' Meditation Being Used in Hospitals and Schools by Marilyn Elias (USA TODAY, June 2009)
Three Steps to a Healthier You by Erin Courtenay (EverydayHealth.com, Janaury 2009)
2008
Mind over Matters Through Meditation by Catherine Guthrie (O, The Oprah Magazine, December 2008)
Study Shows Meditation Helps Immune Sysytem by Seda Terzyan (UCLA Daily Bruin, August 2008)
Attention Class by Maggie Jackson (The Boston Globe, June 29, 2008)
Take a Deep Breath by Jaime Joyce (TIME for Kids, March 7, 2008)
2007
Mindfulness Meditation Training in Adults and Adolescents With ADHD: A Feasibility Study (Journal of Attention Disorders [PubMed], November 19, 2007)
ADHD Kids Can Get Better by Krista Mahr (TIME, Nov 12, 2007)
Calm Inc by Diana Winston (UCLA Magazine, July 2007)
In the Classroom: A New focus on Quieting the Mind by Patricia Leigh Brown (New York Times, June 16, 2007)
Book Review of the Mindful Brain by Dr. Siegel (Scientific American, June/July 2007)
An Interview with Dr. Susan Smalley, Founder and Director of MARC (Smart Business Los Angeles, May 2007)
2006 and Earlier
Newsmaker: Lidia Zylowska (ADDitude Magazine, August 09, 2006)
Learning Awareness, Balance, Compassion and Clarity in the Classroom: The New ABCs (AscentMagazine, Winter 2005)
Is it in the Mind? by Ajay Singh (UCLA Magazine, 2004)