Your post made me feel a little sad. I'm working on my PhD thesis at the moment and between papers being rejected, supervisors dropping of the grid for weeks a

Your post made me feel a little sad. I'm working on my PhD thesis at the moment and between papers being rejected, supervisors dropping of the grid for weeks at a time, side projects failing etc., I've been trying to find a little respite in mindfulness. I think there is certainly a place for mindfulness, calm and stress reduction techniques. I worry about stress related heart disease, aneurisms, cancer. But at the same time, a healthy cynicism can ground you. Life is confusing.