Have you seen the term "mindfulness" online, off-line, and in the health news? Mindfulness is an approach to well-being and health that entails learning how to pay attention in the moment and gain improved self-awareness using techniques like slow breathing, focused concentration, and meditation to relax, gain control over anxiety and depression, deal with fears, reduce stress and pain, and improve concentration. Mindfulness helps you feel centered, helps you slow down, makes you less reactive to the stressed of life, and helps you to be more productive. Mindfulness is gaining mainstream acceptance in medical school training to help professionals understand its use in supporting the treatment of many medical conditions.