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Transparency

Sources, standards, and honest limits.

Work Peacefully is most useful when it is clear about what research can support, what a practice cannot promise, and where professional judgment must begin.

Research

Primary sources used across the site.

Last reviewed July 27, 2026.

  1. APA, 2023 Work in America Survey

    Context for workplace stress and psychological well-being.

  2. U.S. Surgeon General, Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being

    A framework that treats worker well-being as an organizational concern, not merely an individual coping task.

  3. Systematic review of randomized workplace mindfulness trials

    Evidence that structured interventions may help some outcomes on average, with important variation and limits.

  4. JAMA Psychiatry, MBSR compared with escitalopram

    A clinical trial of an intensive eight-week program—not proof that One Breath replaces treatment.

  5. Tara Brach, RAIN

    Attribution and explanation for the established Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture practice.

  6. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Meditation and Mindfulness

    A federal overview of the evidence, uncertainty, and possible adverse experiences associated with mindfulness and meditation.

  7. National Institute of Mental Health, Psychotherapies

    Guidance on what psychotherapy may address and questions to ask when evaluating a therapist.

  8. National Institute of Mental Health, Find Help

    Current United States crisis guidance and starting points for finding professional mental-health care.

  9. SAMHSA, FindTreatment.gov

    A confidential and anonymous federal locator for mental-health and substance-use treatment in the United States and its territories.

  10. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Employee Assistance Programs

    Federal guidance on the role and expected services of agency Employee Assistance Programs.

  11. HHS Telehealth, Behavioral-Health Licensure

    Current federal guidance on why a telehealth patient’s physical location and the provider’s authority to practice matter.

  12. HHS, Telehealth Privacy and Security

    Practical federal guidance for protecting privacy when receiving health care through telehealth.

Editorial standard

What we will not claim.

  • Mindfulness is a practice, not a cure.
  • One breath is not treated as equivalent to a structured, instructor-led mindfulness program.
  • Breathing exercises are optional and always paired with a breath-free grounding alternative.
  • Mindfulness does not excuse misconduct or replace workplace reform.
  • Emotional clarity does not establish legal motive, causation, or liability.
  • Legal procedures and deadlines require current, fact-specific assessment.

RAIN is an established mindfulness practice. Work Peacefully uses the Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture formulation and does not present it as proprietary.

The gray-rock pause is identified as Shaun’s limited personal communication cue. It is not presented as a method from Finding Peace at Work or a universal workplace strategy.

First-person stories are drawn from Shaun’s manuscript and reviewed personal-brand materials. Client facts are not used as public examples without appropriate anonymization and review.

Attribution

Credit the practice. Name the limit.

Professional boundaries

Education is not individual advice.

Work Peacefully does not create an attorney-client, clinician- patient, therapist-client, or other professional relationship. It does not diagnose a condition, determine a legal right, calculate a filing deadline, or tell any individual whether, when, or how to report.