Select Publications, Presentations & Research Projects :

Hayden, D. (2019, March). Interview with Dara Hayden by Emma Stessman/ Nutritious Life.Com, Do You Need a Mental Health Day? Here’s How to Ask for One; https://nutritiouslife.com/stress-less/mental-health-day-tips/.

Daubenmier, J., Hayden, D., Chang, V., & Epel, E., (2014, October). It’s not what you think, it’s how you relate to it: dispositional mindfulness moderates the relationship between psychological distress and the cortisol awakening response. Psychoneuroendocrinology. Volume 48, 11-18, 10:1016/j.psyneuen.2014.05.012.

Hayden, D. (2013, April). The relationship between dispositional mindfulness, stress appraisal and the cortisol awakening response. Dissertation Abstracts: Doctoral Dissertation.

Daubenmier, J., Lin J, Blackburn E, Hecht FM, Kristeller J, Maninger N, Kuwata M, Bacchetti P, Havel PJ, Epel E. Changes in stress, eating, and metabolic factors are related to changes in telomerase activity in a randomized mindfulness intervention pilot study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012 Jul; 37(7):917-28

Hayden, D., Chang, V., Epel, E., Hecht, R., Kemeny, M., & Daubenmier, J. (2012, April). Is dispositional mindfulness related to the cortisol awakening response? Poster presented at the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies, Denver, CO.

Daubenmier, J., Kristeller, J., Hecht, F. M., Maninger, N., Kuwata, M., Jhaveri, K., …Epel, E. (2011). Mindfulness intervention for stress eating to reduce cortisol and abdominal fat among overweight and obese women: An exploratory randomized controlled study. Journal of Obesity, vol. 2011, Article ID 651936 , 1-13.