“This training helped me be a better leader.  I know myself better now, my strengths and weaknesses.  I am also better at reading my ‘warning signs’ of when I am getting stressed out, when I need to back off and get collected again.”
—Anonymous Marine

“In our daily lives filled with multi-tasking, accomplishment and deadlines, we fail to recognize our own awareness to the environment around us.  Mindfulness has changed my life…I have a new appreciation for my patients and my own family.”
—Eduardo Cua, Psy.D.
Director of Clinical Training
Schofield Barracks Soldier and Family Assistance Center

“I learned the ability to concentrate on one task at a time as well as identifying emotions and thoughts that detract from concentration.”
—Anonymous Marine

“I had trouble falling asleep at night.  The exercises would help me fall asleep easier instead of lying in bed thinking about what was stressing me out.”
—CPL Jarrett Buetti, U.S. Marine Corps

“In a counterinsurgency environment [the training is] helpful because it helps you understand your own expectations, analyze them, and then realize which ones are realistic and which aren’t, and provide a more non-judgmental analysis of the situation.”
—Anonymous Marine

“After attending a mindfulness workshop taught by Dr. Stanley, I added mindfulness exercises to my treatment plan for a combat veteran suffering from PTSD….The results were noticeable: he progressed in his processing of trauma, and his measures of distress steadily dropped.”
—Barbara Wilson, L.C.S.W.
Schofield Barracks Health Clinic

“Mind-based training has helped me increase my performance in physical fitness…stress has become like a challenge.”
—CWO3 Kenneth McKelton, U.S. Marine Corps