The word meditation means to “take the measure of” and “to care for.” More fully, mediation is a relaxed state of moment-to-moment awareness or being in the “here and now” without passing judgment in this awareness. This is especially helpful in combatting rumination because meditation moves us out ...

Sometimes we can get a negative thought or event stuck in our head, and we replay the scenario over and over in our mind. We rehash feelings attached to an event or we continue to think about the causes and consequences of what we said or did or didn’t say or do. This can lead to the development of ...