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Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life In This Moment shows how the ancient practice of mindfulness can help us live a fuller and more enriching life.
* Presents material through a balance of clinical case work with the author's personal stories of the Dalai Lama, ninja, and Zen Buddhism
* Reveals ways that mindfulness can be applied to modern problems based on psychological principles and evidence-based programs
* Shows how to apply mindfulness principles to a variety of problems, including stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and more
* Provides guidelines for readers to conduct their own mindfulness training sessions at home
List of contents
About the Author viii
Acknowledgments x
1 The Need for Mindfulness 1
2 What Is Mindfulness? 15
3 What Mindfulness Is Not 60
4 When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Challenges 95
5 When Things Go Terribly Wrong 131
6 Enriching Your Life 169
7 Building Your Mindfulness Muscles 203
8 Beyond Mindfulness: More Ways to Train Your Mind 223
Afterword 240
Mindfulness Exercises 241
References 242
Photo Credits 246
Index 249
About the author
Richard W. Sears, Director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation, is a board-certified clinical psychologist, an authorized Zen teacher, and also has a fifth degree black belt in the ninja art of To-Shin Do. He has practiced and taught mindfulness for 30 years. He is author of
Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (forthcoming),
Mindfulness in Clinical Practice (2011), and
Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals (2006).
Summary
Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life In This Moment shows how the ancient practice of mindfulness can help us live a fuller and more enriching life.
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"Overall, the book is a fresh look at mindfulness that incorporates bringing the reader back to the basics, unpicking concepts and then leading them on a rich and personal journey with the author to self-awareness and integrating mindfulness into everyday lives." ( British Psychological Society , 18 November 2014)
