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  • Mindfulness, values-based goal setting can improve lives of Veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder

    Mindfulness, values-based goal setting can improve lives of Veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder

    Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) teaches Veterans how to recognize and respond to internal experiences in a constructive way.

  • Mindfulness and PTSD: What does the research show?

    Mindfulness and PTSD: What does the research show?

    Findings from clinical trials suggest mindfulness can aid in recovery from PTSD.

  • Army Veteran’s advice for dealing with multiple sclerosis – Healing the brain and body with mindfulness, meditation, and spirituality

    Army Veteran’s advice for dealing with multiple sclerosis – Healing the brain and body with mindfulness, meditation, and spirituality

    Crystal Muscatello joined the Army National Guard in 2006. She was deployed to Iraq in 2009 and was honorably discharged in 2015. This is her story on how she is dealing with multiple sclerosis.

  • Veterans benefit from practicing mindfulness

    Veterans benefit from practicing mindfulness

    Mindfulness is the state of moment-to-moment awareness of one's experience without judgment. It is human nature to sometimes live on autopilot. We have tendencies to rehearse the future — what will I do next? Or rehash the past — I shouldn’t have done that.

  • Mindfulness meditation: A promising tool to help reduce chronic pain and opioid use

    Mindfulness meditation: A promising tool to help reduce chronic pain and opioid use

    The growth and interest in mindfulness is due in large part to an impressive body of evidence that suggests mindfulness meditation practices can mitigate a number of physical and mental health issues, ranging from dealing with cancer and depression, to sleep problems and chronic pain.

  • Whole Health helps Marine Veteran find tools to heal

    Whole Health helps Marine Veteran find tools to heal

    Marine Veteran Elias M. relied on intense training to cope. When health problems took that away, Whole Health gave him tools to heal and reconnect with life.

  • Live Whole Health #289: September is National Yoga Awareness Month

    Live Whole Health #289: September is National Yoga Awareness Month

    September is National Yoga Awareness Month. Check out the various ways you can practice yoga on and off the yoga mat!

  • Veterans share how mental health care shaped who they are now

    Veterans share how mental health care shaped who they are now

    This National Recovery Month, VA is highlighting stories of Veterans who became healthier, happier versions of themselves through mental health treatment.

  • MOVE! program helps cancer survivor and spouse slim down

    MOVE! program helps cancer survivor and spouse slim down

    Veteran and spouse lose 100+ lbs. combined with VA’s MOVE! program after cancer recovery journey.

  • Live Whole Health #285: Five easy ways to manage stress

    Live Whole Health #285: Five easy ways to manage stress

    Life can become overwhelming rather quickly. As a Veteran, you know pressure, but stress doesn’t have to be a burden you face alone. Sometimes, the fastest relief comes from a simple shift in perspective. Here are five easy ways to manage stress.

  • Live Whole Health 284: A step at a time

    Live Whole Health 284: A step at a time

    Achieving goals doesn’t always happen overnight. With VA's Whole Health, every outcome starts with a goal and a first step.

  • Virtual reality helps Veteran find his happy place

    Virtual reality helps Veteran find his happy place

    Army Veteran Steven Krawczyk served has used both in-person and virtual reality guided meditation to manage his PTSD and find his happy place.

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Last updated May 22, 2019

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