Full Description
The revolutionary book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers find relief from chronic unhappiness is now in a revised and updated second edition. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is grounded in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, a clinically proven approach. The expert authors explain why our usual attempts to "fix" sadness or "just stop thinking about it" can actually worsen depression, instead of relieving it. Through vivid stories and downloadable audio meditations encouragingly narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the book shows how you can break the mental habits that lead to despair--and recover a sense of joy, aliveness, and possibility. Revised throughout to be even more reader friendly, the second edition features fresh insights on coping with the challenges of our ever-changing world, the latest scientific data, and four additional audio tracks.
See also the authors' Mindful Way Workbook, which provides step-by-step guidance for building your mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Plus, mental health professionals, see also the authors' bestselling therapy guide: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition.
Contents
Introduction: Tired of Feeling So Bad for So Long
I. Mind, Body, and Emotion
1. "Oh No, Here I Go Again": Why Unhappiness Won't Let Go
2. The Healing Power of Awareness: Making a Shift to Freedom
II. Moment by Moment
3. Cultivating Mindfulness: A First Taste
4. The Breath: Gateway to Awareness
5. A Different Way of Knowing: Sidestepping the Ruminating Mind
III. Transforming Unhappiness
6. Reconnecting with Our Feelings--Those We Like, Those We Don't Like, and Those We Don't Know We Have
7. Befriending Our Feelings
8. Seeing Thoughts as Creations of the Mind
9. Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Taking a Breathing Space
IV. Reclaiming Your Life
10. Fully Alive: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
11. Bringing It All Together: Weaving the Mindfulness Program into Your Life
Notes
Index
Audio Downloads:
1. Introduction (3:01; Jon Kabat-Zinn)
2. Body Scan (29:35; Jon Kabat-Zinn
3. Mindful Standing Yoga (11:22; Jon Kabat-Zinn)
4. Mindfulness of the Breath (10:40; Jon Kabat-Zinn)
5. Mindfulness of the Breath and Body (9:54; Jon Kabat-Zinn)
6. Mindfulness of Sounds and Thoughts (10:40; Jon Kabat-Zinn)
7. The Breathing Space (3:56; Jon Kabat-Zinn)
8. Mindful Walking (13:32; Mark Williams)
9. Mindful Yoga--Formal Practice (38:30; Zindel Segal)
10. Working with Difficulty Meditation (25:30; Mark Williams)
11. Sitting Meditation (37:47; John Teasdale)
