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Researchers Reveal How Self-Compassion Lowers Heart Disease Risk
Health Psychology.“A lot of research has been focused on studying how stress and other negative factors may impact cardiovascular health, but the impact of positive psychological factors, such as self-compassion, is far less known,” said Rebecca Thurston, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, clinical and translational science, epidemiology, and psychology at Pitt. ADVERTISEMENT Due to the increasing stress of modern life, many people have turned to mindfulness techniques like meditation for inner peace.