Richard W. Sears 
Mindfulness [EPUB ebook] 
Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life In This Moment

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

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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

Over de auteur

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).