Tune in this Sun. 9/7, at 9pm ET: @ucsdcompassion.bsky.social Endowed Professor @drericgarland.bsky.social will be on @cnn.com 'Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt.’ In the segment, Gupta explores #meditation practices that reduce pain—incl. those in Dr. Garland’s novel MORE therapy.

Meditation is a drug-free way to reduce pain! Watch me guide ⁦‪@drsanjaygupta‬⁩ use mindfulness meditation to reduce pain from a 119 degree metal probe on his arm! Sanjay was a star (of course) and dropped his pain from about a 7 (out of 10) to a 3.

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I'm excited to tell you about a new book called "It doesn't have to Hurt." Neurosurgeon and CNN reporter, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, spent three years doing the deep dive into pain. I think this book will change the way you think about pain, its relationship to the brain, and surprising ways to treat it.

New Podcast 🎧: Should You 'Lean Into' Your #ChronicPain to Relieve It? Tune into @cnn.com Dr. Sanjay Gupta's new episode of #ChasingLife to hear @ucsdcompassion.bsky.social Endowed Professor @drericgarland.bsky.social explain how #meditation can be as effective as #opioids in treating #chronicpain.

Strengthening recovery from chronic pain and opioid use: I was recently interviewed by Dr Sanjay Gupta on CNN about my work on Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE). Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/5IWA...

I’m looking for a postdoc to join me at UCSD, ideally a clinical psychologist PhD who can deliver mindfulness interventions as well as write papers and do analyses. I have one of the world’s largest psychophysiology datasets of opioid misuse, OUD, & chronic pain. Competitive salary. DM or email.

I’m looking for a postdoc to help me study mindfulness and psychedelics at @UCSDHealth! Preferred: Psychology PhDs with experience delivering mindfulness to patients, as well as writing and statistical skills. But I’m open to other disciplines. Competitive salary. DM or email me!

Tagging #Neuroskyence for reach!

I'm looking for a postdoc to join me at UCSD ONEMIND (Optimized Neuroscience-Enhanced Mindfulness Intervention Design) in the Dept of Psychiatry. I'm looking for a clinical psych PhD with experience treating addiction and pain who is interested in delivering mindfulness for NIH-funded trials.

In our new paper in JAMA psychiatry, we first showed that people with opioid addiction and pain had a neural deficit in the ability to savor natural healthy rewards.

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I’m excited to announce that our new paper was published in @jama.com Psychiatry ! Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) normalizes brain markers of positive emotion dysregulation in opioid use disorder.

Hey friends and colleagues, I am new here on Bluesky! As a first post, I'd like to share my new Nature Mental Health commentary with you. It's a little thought piece about translating science into solutions to address the opioid crisis. Hope you enjoy!

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