SweetThought

In addition to the satisfaction of creating, the process of baking itself can be calming. "Baking is mindful. Mindfulness means paying attention to yourself in the moment and not being in the past or the future, but really being there." says Philip Muskin, a Columbia University psychiatry prfessor and the secretary of the American Psychiatry Association. Buzzwords asid, baking does indeed force you to put down your phone, get your hands dirty, and pay colse attention to what you're doing. Muskin says it can have an emotional impact akin to practices that are intended to more directly affect mood, such as meditation or breathing exercises.

Sasi Patterson

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