Online Mindfulness Program for Stress Management

Stress Free Now for Healers is an online stress management program developed at Cleveland. It's delivered in 4 components:1Weekly introductions to the concepts and meditation theme are delivered via Web page views or a 5to10-min audio clip2Weekly guided meditations 5-20 min ea.available as embedded/downloadable mp3 on the website or via the Stress Free Now for Healers phone app,which participants are invited to practice at least 4 times each week and to record those practices3Daily articles provide the scientific underpinnings and merits of each week's theme or discuss various cognitive and behavioral strategies,activities,and concepts supporting or related to mindfulness4Daily tips suggesting how to manage stress or incorporate mindfulness in daily activities,including motivational quotes.Participants will have access to a smartphone app with recordings of the 11 guided meditations.Ea. participant will be assigned an e-coach that will communicate with the participant at least weekly.

The control group will be given a flash drive and a link to a website where they can download several digital recordings of relaxing music and will be instructed to quietly listen to one or more of the recordings for at least 5 minutes every day for 6 weeks.