Description
Book SynopsisMindfulness: 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
Trade Review“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)
Table of ContentsAbout 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
