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
O autorze
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).