Courage. He soon became a target of the regime and was transformed into an armed revolutionary. This is what became of syrias Third Largest city, and the only way we know that is because the war has been filmed by its citizens, who have to fight every day just to stay alive. translated my camera and everything ive filmed are more valuable than my life. Cooper our lives are filled with distractions email, twitter, texting. Were constantly connected to technology, which is probably why theres a growing movement in america to train people to get around the stresses of daily life. There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness. Cooper is it being present . It is being present. Thats exactly what it is. Cooper i dont feel im very present. I feel like, every moment, im either thinking about something thats coming down the road or something thats been in the past. So, ultimately, all of this preparing is for what . Were only alive now. 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In the pictures, theres no sign of the torment of katherine west. But by the age of 14, she was wasting away, purging her food. Nancy west, katherines mother, was told by her doctors that the bulimia was rooted in major depression. Nancy west in fact, prior to the eating disorder, she was cutting, so there were self harming behaviors from, i would probably say, at least 12 on. Pelley to stop purging, she had to be watched around the clock. Her doctors prescribed treatment that could cost more than 50,000 at a hospital for 12 weeks. The Insurance Company stopped paying after six weeks . West six weeks pretty much was it for them. They were done. And if you know about a Mental Illness, you dont cure a Mental Illness in six weeks. Pelley the Health Insurance company was anthem, second largest in the nation. An anthem reviewer found katherine should leave the hospital because she had put on enough weight. Her doctor warned that she was desperate to shed those pounds. West they were telling the Insurance Company, she needs to stay here. She needs more longterm treatment. She isnt ready for this. Pelley the Insurance Company overruled the doctor. Katherine west came home as an outpatient. West i was texting her no response. I got home at 12 30 that day and i found my daughter in bed. Shed been gone for hours. And i just remember running through the house screaming. I couldnt believe it. My beautiful girl was gone. She was gone. Pelley katherine was dead at the age of 15. As her doctors predicted, shed been purging again, which led to heart failure. Did it make sense to you that a doctor at the Insurance Company was making these decisions based on telephone conversations . West no, no, they didnt observe my daughter. Youre talking about a psychiatrist, a pediatrician, a therapist who observed my daughter on a daily basis. But some nameless, faceless doctor is making this decision. And i was furious. Because, basically, to me, he was playing god with my daughters life. Pelley the kind of review that resulted in the discharge of katherine west works like this after a patient is admitted, an Insurance Company representative starts calling the doctor every day, or every few days. If that representative decides that the patient is ready for a lower level of care, then the case is referred to an Insurance Company physician who reads the file, calls the doctor, and renders a judgment. We have found in these chronic, expensive cases that judgment is most often a denial. How often the results are tragic, no one can say. But we have found examples. In 2012, jacob morenos further hospitalization was denied, even after a doctor warned, the patient states that he wanted to kill other people, many people. The next day, moreno was naked in the street, swinging at strangers and attacking a police officer. They used a taser to take him down. The state ordered him back to the mental hospital. Richard traimans hospital stay was also cut short. As he was being discharged, he said he would throw himself off a bridge. He didnt. He hung himself the next day. Harold koplewicz theyre called managed care, but its really managed cost. Pelley dr. Harold koplewicz knows insurance review calls well. Hes a leading psychiatrist and founder of a research organization, the child mind institute. Koplewicz when i was running an inpatient unit, i would have to literally speak to a clerk on the phone to say, i need approval for this patient to stay here another five days. And they would say to me, well, is the patient acutely suicidal or acutely homicidal . Well, not right now because hes in the hospital. We took the knife away. We took the gun away. We took the poison away. And they would say, well, then why does he have to be in the hospital . You think to yourself, am i in. Is this oz . Pelley the Insurance Company wants to send them home. Koplewicz well, its a lot cheaper, in the short run. And if youre managing costs on a quarterly basis, you can understand why, from a business point of view, for that quarter, it makes sense. For the sake of the child, for the sake of our society, for the sake of the childs future, it doesnt make any sense. Pelley of all the cases we looked at, one of the most revealing was ashleys. She suffers from bipolar disorder. Ashley in 2012, i had had a suicide attempt. I couldnt find a way out. Pelley was this a cry for help, or did you want to die . Ashley this one was real. I was alone. I tried my best. Pelley ashleys mother, maria, asked us not to mention the family name. Maria one of the doctors told me on the phone, im really sorry, but you will probably bury your daughter. Pelley in 2012, ashley was in the hospital for the fourth time that year. They thought they had taken away everything that could hurt her. But she smashed her cell phone and cut her wrists with the glass. What did that tell you, in terms of the treatment that she needed . Maria it told me that she needed longterm treatment to survive. Pelley maria says that anthem recommended treatment at timberline knolls, a residential facility. A doctor said ashley needed 90 days. But after sending her to illinois from california, anthem denied payment after six days saying that ashley could be safely treated with outpatient services. Did the people at timberline knolls believe that. . Maria no, they didnt. Pelley that she was well . Maria no. They absolutely didnt believe it. They gave us the option of paying 22,000 for. To complete the 30 days. And at that, we. There wasnt a chance that we could do that. Pelley now, look at how ashleys care was denied. This log shows dr. Tim jack, a psychiatrist working on behalf of anthem, called ashleys doctor three times in 32 minutes. One call was disconnected. He left two messages. Dr. Jack waited 22 minutes for a call back, and then denied coverage. From the first call to denial 54 minutes, speaking to no one. Why so fast . Well, it may be, in part, because many insurance doctors are paid by the case. Dr. Jack is a contractor who gets 45 per patient. In court records, dr. Jack says he does 550 reviews a month. So, working from home, that comes to 25,000 a month. We spoke to 26 psychiatrists from across the country, and every one brought up dr. Jacks name. Some called him dr. Denial. This is a recording of dr. Jack telling a physician that a patients level of care should be lowered. Tim jack because given what his current progress is and his current symptoms are, he can be managed at a lower level of care as effectively as in an intensive outpatient program. You know, doctor, i just want to say that i have spoken to you on so many different occasions, and with so many different clients, and ive never really had a positive outcome as far as authorization from you, so i just needed to bring that to your attention. Jack this is not a personal matter. I understand, sir, but the client appears to meet the criteria, so. Pelley we found dr. Jacks denial rate averaged 92 in one sixmonth period in 2011. But that was typical among 11 reviewers contracted by anthem. Some of them had denial rates of 95 and 100 . Whats the impact on a family after a phone call like that . Kathryn trepinski devastating. Pelley Kathryn Trepinski is a lawyer who represents patients. She does not represent ashleys family, but she has filed suit against anthem and other insurers. Trepinski theres untold suffering, and the family is usually left in the very difficult position of either paying for the care out of pocket, which is tens of thousands of dollars, or they say no to their loved one, to their child. Pelley anthem says that reviews are checked by a supervising doctor, but when we obtained ashleys denial letter, we found her review by tim jack, m. D. , was supervised by timothy jack, m. D. So, he signs the documents twice . Trepinski yes, except that he doesnt actually sign them himself. Its a robosignature. Pelley dr. Jack has acknowledged an anthem computer put his name to letters he doesnt see, and on cases he didnt review. Trepinski it suggests a layer of review thats not there. Because the signing doctor is described in the letter as having made that coverage determination and he didnt. Pelley we tried to reach dr. Jack in calls and a letter. We stopped by his home. But he declined to speak. Katherine wests and ashleys parents gave us permission to ask anthem about their cases. Anthem declined an interview, but its chief medical officer wrote that they explored and provided the families numerous care options that went beyond their covered benefits. He goes on to say, successful outcomes require a partnership between patients, families, medical professionals, and health plans. For the Insurance Industrys view, we found anthems former california medical director, dr. Paul keith. He retired in march after years supervising anthem reviews, including those of dr. Jack. He told us that, too often, Insurance Companies are abused by care providers. Paul keith doctors will spin the clinical information. They will make things appear more serious than, perhaps, they are, because they feel strongly the patient needs this level of care for a little longer. So you do have a somewhat adversarial relationship between the reviewer and the attending physician. Pelley youre saying the. The doctor will overstate the case to get the Insurance Company to approve the client . Keith unquestionably, that happens not all the time. And ive been doing this for, you know, over 30 years. Pelley you describe these conversations as adversarial. Is that best for the patient . Keith well, its like our legal system if you. Each side does a good job in presenting their case and asking the right questions, you ultimately arrive at the truth. Pelley but these can be life and death decisions, and you dont know till its too late. Keith i cannot, offhand, think of a situation where a decision was made to discharge a patient from a hospital and some terrible consequence occurred soon thereafter. Im sure it happens, but. Pelley we found quite a few. Keith id have to look at them to see. Theres one that occurs to me that i was involved with where the child left the hospital with his parents, escaped from his parents, drove crosscountry to another state, and days later, committed suicide. Keeping that individual in the hospital longer is not likely to have made any difference. Pelley i would have to imagine that the parents would say, if youd kept him in the hospital, he wouldnt have been in another state killing himself. Keith parents become fearful that, if they leave too soon, the same things going to happen that may have happened in previous occasions, but you cant keep an individual in the hospital forever. Pelley so, to the parent who says the Insurance Company is just trying to get my child out of the hospital, you say what . Keith its half true the Insurance Company may very well want that child to go to a lesser level of care, but money is not the basis for the decision. Pelley a lot of people watching this interview are going to have trouble with the idea that Insurance Companies are not trying to save money. Keith of course, your Insurance Companies are trying to save money. Theres a lot of treatment that is not medically necessary that is provided, and that is a waste of healthcare dollars, and the resources are scarce. Pelley ashleys family hired a lawyer and appealed to the california insurance board, which overturned anthems denials. Now, she is in treatment for bipolar disorder, treatment that may last a lifetime. Katherine west was buried a year ago this month. Her mother has filed suit against anthem. 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After decades of oppression, syrians were rising up against the brutal dictatorship of bashar al assad. The young man chanting is abdul basset alsaroot, a charismatic 19yearold star goalkeeper for the syrian youth soccer team, a local hero. The age of oppression will end, he cries. The people shall overcome. Basset became the pied piper of the homs uprising. He was the son of a poor blacksmith, and his infectious charm inspired thousands to follow him. What was it about him that drew people towards him . Talal derki the songs, his songs. Simon as soon as talal derki, the films director, heard basset in the streets of homs, he knew he had found his subject. We spoke to talal in istanbul. He was 19 when you started filming it. Derki yes, 19. Simon and he had no fear. Derki no fear at all. Simon like the day basset stood above the crowd and started taunting the regimes snipers, who had him in their crosshairs. Derki he start to shout, listen, sniper, this is my head and this is my neck, that i am a clear target if you want to. To shoot me, but i will not be afraid. Simon the snipers didnt shoot basset that day, but soon, all across syria, the regime began meeting the protestors chants with bullets, tanks, and bombs. Makeshift field hospitals sprang up in garages and storefronts. Basset became a marked man, but try as they might, they couldnt get him, so they took out his brother, his cousins, his friends. Orwa nyrabia they were all killed in his familys apartment. It was a very difficult moment. Simon orwa nyrabia, the documentarys producer, also filmed parts of it. We met him near the Syrian Border in turkey. Nyrabia so, his mother was forced to make tea to the soldiers while they were killing her son. And that was the moment when he said, peace is not going to work. Simon basset was soon transformed from protester to armed revolutionary. His small band of fighters began taking neighborhoods controlled by the regime. Assads soldiers struck back, slaughtering thousands. Every funeral prompted more fury. Homs, syrias thirdlargest city, started to look like something out of world war ii, or worse. And all that time, the cameras were right there with basset and his men, capturing everything. They were with him when he saw what was left of his old apartment. This is homs, he says, but i dont know where i am. Still, basset never forgot how to laugh. Do you think ill have time to shave before i die . He asks. Maybe well find a barber at the battlefront. Lets hope hes good. He was always leading from the front, but losing men every day. And when it came to burying them, even the cemetery was a target. Basset was exhausted, demoralized, desperate. The city was besieged for two years. Basset was shot three times. Each time, he returned to the fight. The last battle in the film was the fiercest, and when he was shot this time, it left him pleading to become a martyr, begging allah to take him away. He survived, but his few remaining fighters were starving and running out of ammunition. So, when the u. N. Brokered a ceasefire last spring, they left the city, along with homs remaining residents. They had pleaded with the west for help, but none ever came. And according to orwa nyrabia, basset and his men turned to the islamists. It was happening all over the country. Basset starts out. In the film, we see him, this football player. He seems like a pretty secular guy. Nyrabia he was. Simon and then, in the course of the film, we see him turning to islam. Nyrabia if you have this dream of defending your city, you need money, you need food, and you need weapons or ammunition. Simon and it wasnt coming from anywhere. Nyrabia you have to get it from somewhere. And if it comes with a few conditions, then youll have to adapt. Simon so the choice was between islam or nothing. Nyrabia entirely. Simon there were long periods when orwa didnt think they could finish the film at all. Just getting cameras past Army Checkpoints and getting film out was becoming increasingly risky. Eventually, it became so dangerous that they had to flee the country. They continued making the film remotely, using skype to train bassets men to use the cameras. It was a new way of making films, and it worked. Orwa would go even further in exposing the horrors of homs in his next film, silvered water. It weaves together grainy cell phone footage that syrians had been uploading onto youtube. He made the film with syrian director ossama mohammed, who was in exile in paris. Ossama mohammed i felt that the tragedy of syrian people, written by the syrians themself, filmed by the syrians themself, it can build a extraordinary film. Simon in this video taken inside an Interrogation Room, a teenage boy is seen cowering in a corner, then forced to kiss the foot of his torturer, then badly beaten. But who could have gotten into an Interrogation Room with a camera . Ossama says that the soldiers filmed these scenes themselves, then put them on the internet as a warning stop protesting or else mohammed when you are beating a young boy, you are telling everybody that if you want freedom, if you will demonstrate, you will be in his place in the next sequence. Simon one day, as he was putting all this together, he received a message on facebook. It was from a young kurdish woman named simav, who was suffering through the siege of homs. She had a video camera and wanted to use it. She asked ossama, if you were in my position, what would you film . Everything, he wrote back. Did you feel that you were his eyes . Simav translated i was also his heart, his hands, and his soul. Not only for him, but for all syrians who were far away. Simon for two and a half years, she filmed, capturing the terror experienced by syrians every day. And not just the people. cat meowing the film showed the lengths to which syrians went to defy the snipers and leave no man behind. Simav used her cell phone to send ossama her videos. Sometimes, it took days to upload a single clip. When he didnt hear from her, he feared the worst. Were you afraid for her . Mohammed of course. I was crying a lot of time. I was sitting in paris and crying. Simon but for simav, just staying alive during the siege was a battle. There was no electricity, no running water, no food. Simav i remember, on my third day without food, i was ready to collapse. I walked into an abandoned house, into the kitchen. There were sugar containers, and i started licking them like a wild animal. Then after that, we started eating grass and tree leaves. Simon you were eating grass . Simav it was delicious. I would go out looking for grass because our days were full of shelling and hunger and frustration. I would try to look at it in a positive way, to forget the pain. Sometimes, the only way to go on living is to forget. Simon to help the children of homs forget, simav opened a school. She tried to make the kids laugh. When children didnt show up for class, she knew what it meant. Yassim and miriam. Miriam and yassim. Simav like so many other things in this war, i didnt want to believe that they were actually under the ground. I often imagined myself telling them, stop this cruel joke. You cant possibly be dead. Death does not take away such young children. But it wasnt a joke. Simon how did the children make sense of what was happening . Simav they didnt make sense of it. The children got used to death the same way they were used to life. For children in syria, death has become just as normal as life difficult, but normal. Simon one little boy in her class named omar knew that all too well. Hed lost his father in the siege. How are you, papa . The boy asks at his fathers graveside. I miss you. I brought you the nicest roses to make you happy. Like all the children in the siege, the battered streets of homs were omars playground. He knew his way around. Theres a sniper that way, he says, and remember, he is, after all, a fouryearold boy. Do i have to run with all my toys . He asks. Omar got out of homs, but is now in another town under siege. Simav got out, too. What was more important to you during the days you were filming, saving your life or saving your camera . Simav the camera. Of course, the camera. Simon of course, the camera . Simav without any hesitation, my camera and everything ive filmed are more valuable than my life. Because if the camera survives, someone else can always continue the work. Simon simav is now in turkey, but is determined to go back to syria as soon as she can. 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Jon kabatzinn there are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness. Cooper is it being present . Kabatzinn it is being present. Thats exactly what it is. Cooper i dont feel im very present in each moment. I feel like, every moment, im either thinking about something thats coming down the road, or something thats been in the past. Kabatzinn so, ultimately, all this preparing is for what . For the next moment, like the last moment, like, and then were dead. laughs so, in a certain way. Cooper oh god, this is depressing. Kabatzinn are we going to experience while were still alive . Were only alive now. Cooper Jon Kabatzinn, is an m. I. T. Trained scientist whos been practicing mindfulness for 47 years. Back in 1979, he started teaching mindfulness through meditation to people suffering from chronic pain and illness. That program is now used in more than 700 hospitals worldwide. So, how can you be mindful in your daily life . Kabatzinn when your alarm goes off and you jump out of bed, what is the nature of the mind in that moment . Are you already like, oh, my god, your calendar pops into your mind and youre driven already, or can you take a moment and just lie in bed and just feel your body breathing. And remember, oh yeah, brand new day and im still alive. So, i get out of bed with awareness, brush my teeth with awareness. When youre in the shower next time, check and see if youre in the shower. Cooper what do you mean, check and see if youre in the shower . Kabatzinn well, you may not be. You may be in your first meeting at work. You may have 50 people in the shower with you. Cooper kabatzinn says mindfulness takes practice. A lot of people start with a training class to learn how to meditate. He agreed to teach us at a weekend retreat on a remote mountaintop in northern california. When we arrived, we were told there would be no television to watch, no internet, not even an alarm clock. Tim ryan so, im checking in. Cooper the retreat was full of professionals neuroscientists, business leaders, Silicon Valley executives. Before we began, we all had to surrender our last ties to the outside world. Kabatzinn put your devices in the basket. Im contributing my macbook air and my iphone, happily. Cooper i wasnt exactly happy to give up my phone. I usually check emails several times an hour. bell rings kabatzinn so lets take a few minutes and just settle into an erect and dignified posture. Cooper the retreat lasted three days, and most of that time was spent just sitting there, silently meditating, with occasional guidance from kabat zinn. Kabatzinn theres no place to go. Theres nothing to do. Were just asking you to sit and know that you are sitting. Cooper knowing that youre sitting may sound simple. Turns out, its not. The mind constantly wanders. Kabatzinn the mind has a life of its own. It goes here and there. Cooper to not get lost in thought, kabatzinn recommended focusing on the sensation of breathing in and out. Kabatzinn can we actually ride with full awareness on the waves of the breath at the belly, at the nostrils and the chest. And then, simply rest here in awareness. Cooper resting in awareness is one of those phrases used a lot by people who practice mindfulness. But when i tried to do it, it wasnt restful and i worried i wasnt doing it right. I kept thinking about work. I miss my cell phone. laughs im having a little withdrawal, i must say. Kabatzinn, who has written ten books on mindfulness and led nearly 100 retreats, describes meditation as a mental workout. Kabatzinn the mind wanders away from the breath, and then you gently and nonjudgmentally just bring it back. Cooper so, its okay that the mind drifts away, but you just bring it back. Kabatzinn its the nature of the mind to drift away. The mind is like the pacific ocean, it waves. And mindfulness has been shown to drop underneath the waves. If you drop underneath the agitation in the mind into your breath deep enough calmness, gentle undulations. Cooper after hours of meditating in 30minute sessions, it does get easier. Those waves of thought kabat zinn described theyre still there, but you get less distracted by them. At breakfast, we spent time relearning some of the very basic things in life, including how to eat food. Eating a meal in complete silence is a little awkward, but without conversation as a distraction, you taste more and eat less. This is something called walking meditation. The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking. Kabatzinn the zen people from ancient china when youre walking, just walk. It turns out to be the hardest thing. Cooper thats an ancient saying . Kabatzinn when youre walking, just walk. When youre eating, just eat not in front of the tv, not with the newspaper. It turns out, thats huge. Cooper congressman tim ryan, an ohio democrat, says mindfulness might look a lot like nothing, but he really believes it can change america for the better. He attended his first meditation retreat in 2008, just days after winning a grueling reelection campaign. But being mindful at a retreat is one thing. We wondered if, back in washington, congressman ryan ever worries about how all this looks. Ryan well, you know, i can see myself in high school going, whoa, stay away from those guys. laughter cooper so, how do you use it here on capitol hill . Ryan im on the budget committee, for example. Theres a lot of conflict, and people say things that get you ramped up. I find myself, as my body clenches up when somebody says something that i know is wrong or i. I want to catch them in a lie or whatever, that just, calm down. When its your turn, you make your point. Hey, man. Cooper you dont hear the words calm and congress together very often, but ryan is trying to change that. He hosts weekly meditation sessions open to members and staff of both parties. Now, shifting the attention to take in the entire body. Cooper have you gotten any republican congressmen in to meditate with you yet . Ryan no. laughs were working on it. Cooper hes written a book about mindfulness, and obtained a Million Dollars of federal funding to teach it to School Children in his ohio district. I feel like we are calm right now. Ryan yes, you are. Ive seen it transform classrooms. Ive seen it heal veterans. Ive seen what it does to individuals who have really high chronic levels of stress, and how it has helped their body heal itself. I wouldnt be willing to stick my neck out this far if i didnt think this is the thing that can really help shift the country. Cooper to some people, though, this may sound like kind of newage gobbledygook . Kabatzinn theres so many different compelling studies that are showing that this not newage gobbledygook. This is potentially transformative of our health and wellbeing, psychologically, as well as physically. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress reduction. Cooper there have been a number of studies that show mindfulness can lead to those benefits, as well as improvements in memory and attention. And at the university of massachusetts, judson brewer, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, uses mindfulness to treat addiction. Judson brewer this is just the next generation of exercise. Weve got the physical, you know, exercise components down. And now, its about working out how can we actually train our minds. Cooper dr. Brewer is trying to understand how mindfulness can alter the functioning of the brain. He uses a cap lined with 128 electrodes. Brewer were going to start filling each of these 128 wells with conduction gel. Cooper the electrodes are able to pick up signals from the posterior cingulate, part of a Brain Network linked to memory and emotion. Brewer this is all just picking up electrical signal from the top of your head. Cooper since attending the mindfulness retreat, id been meditating daily and was curious to see if it had an impact on my brain. Brewer were going to have you start with thinking of something that was very anxiety provoking for you. Cooper okay. When i thought about something stressful, the cells in my brains posterior cingulate immediately started firing, shown by the red lines that went off the chart on the computer screen. Brewer just drop into meditation. Cooper okay. When i let go of those stressful thoughts, and refocused on my breath, within seconds, the brain cells that had been firing quieted down, shown by the blue lines on the computer. Thats really fascinating to see it like that. Dr. Brewer believes everyone can train their brains to reach that blue, mindfulness zone. But he says, all the technology were surrounded by makes it difficult. Brewer if you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobodys having conversations anymore. Theyre sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it. Cooper you really think theres something in the brain thats addicted to that . Brewer well, its the same reward pathways as addiction, absolutely. Cooper im, you know, on mobile devices all day long, and i feel like i could go through an entire day and not be present. Brewer and whats that like . Cooper its exhausting. Brewer laughs yeah, so all of this is leading to a societal exhaustion. Cooper the irony is, many of the people responsible for creating the gadgets that distract us are themselves practicing mindfulness. More than 2,000 people from Companies Like google, facebook, and instagram showed up earlier this year in San Francisco for a mindfulness conference called wisdom 2. 0. Please welcome our guests. Cooper karen may is a google Vice President , and thats chademeng tan, a former engineer whos become kind of a mindfulness guru. And as could only happen at a place like google, his actual title is jolly good fellow. Chademeng tan which nobody can deny. laughter cooper so, what does a jolly good fellow do . Tan my Job Description is to enlighten minds, open hearts, and create world peace. Cooper thats your Job Description . Tan thats my Job Description. Cooper ive heard that, at some meetings at google, you actually start out with moments of silence. Karen may we do. Cooper how long do sit there quietly for . May its literally a minute or two of noticing your breathing, calming yourself down, being present. And then, youre able to go into the meeting, the business at hand, with a little bit more focus. Cooper does it make people more productive . Tan yes, it does. When the mind is unagitated, when the mind is calm, that mind is most conducive to creative problem solving. Cooper to innovate . Tan correct. And one of the powers of mindfulness is the ability to get to that frame of mind on demand. bell rings cooper so, along with their free health clubs and other company perks, google now offers their 52,000 employees free lessons in mindfulness. Tan in the middle of stress, when everything is falling apart, you can take one breath. Cooper you know, i can imagine some people rolling their eyes and saying, oh, come on, of course, at google, you guys have tons of money, and theres massage therapists Walking Around and all sorts of nice things for employees, but it just doesnt seem practical. May the advantage of this is it actually doesnt cost anything and it doesnt take much time. Cooper and you believe it really works . May i absolutely believe it works. Cooper after nearly four decades of teaching mindfulness, Jon Kabatzinn is happy to see it hitting the mainstream. But if youre starting to think mindfulness is something you should start practicing, he says you may be missing the point. Kabatzinn its not a big should. Its not like, oh, ive got to. Now, one more thing that i have to put in my life. Now, i have to be mindful. Cooper and if it becomes that one more thing they got to do after they take the yoga class . Kabatzinn they shouldnt do it. Just dont do it. Dont do it. Its not a doing at all, in fact its a being. And being doesnt take any time. Anderson cooper tells how mindfulness changed his life. Go to 60minutesovertime. Com. Sponsored by pfizer. Feet. Tiptoeing. Better things than the pain, stiffness, and joint damage of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist decide on a biologic, ask if xeljanz is right for you. 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