BE WELL With Migraine: Brain Education and WELLness With Migraine

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of migraine with or without aura by with headache frequency of 4-20 days/month
• At least 1 year of migraine
• At least 18 years old
• Able to participate in 8 weekly online classes
• Willingness to complete baseline headache logs
• Headache-related disability (Headache Impact Test (HIT)-6) score >50
• Fluent in English
• Completion of technology onboarding with the online platform
• Pregnant women who are less than or equal to 16 weeks gestation at enrollment are allowed to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Major unstable medical/psychiatric condition that could be unsafe for participants or for the group environment.
• Medication overuse headache, with migraine treatment
• Pregnant women who are more than 16 weeks gestation at enrollment
• Unstable migraine treatment at enrollment: any preventive treatment (oral or injectable medication or neuromodulatory device) started within 12 weeks OR acute treatment within 4 weeks to ensure stability
• Unwillingness to maintain stable current medication dosages for study duration
• Failure to complete baseline headache logs
• Heavy alcohol and illicit drug use
• Participation in another intervention clinical trial or one that would interfere in this study
• Experience with stress reduction training (daily meditation practice, regular use of a mindfulness app, or prior experience with MBSR)
• Any, and all other diagnoses or conditions which, in the opinion of the site investigator, would prevent the patient from being a suitable candidate for the study or interfere with the medical care needs of the study participant: COVID-positive test within 30 days of enrollment