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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 29, 2020

A new study suggests that practicing acceptance helps reduce stress more than other mindfulness activities, Jill Suttie writes in an online article for mindful.org. “Learning how to accept your present-moment experience is really important for reducing stress,” says Emily Lindsay, one of the study’s coauthors. “It seems to be a key element of mindfulness training.” Mindfulness practices that specifically emphasize acceptance teach us a nonjudgmental attitude toward our experiences and help us to “stop focusing only on what’s wrong and to notice other feelings, sensations and thoughts occurring at the same time.” And “stress diminishes as you take in more of your experience,” Lindsay explains.