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Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world / Mark Williams and Danny Penman.

By: Williams, J. Mark G [author].
Contributor(s): Penman, Danny, 1966- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Little Brown Book Group, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780749953089 (paperback); 074995308X (pbk.).Subject(s): Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy | Self-actualization (Psychology) | Psychology | Self-help & personal development | Coping with anxiety & phobias | Psychology | Cognitive behavioural therapy | Family & health | Popular medicine & health | Men's health | Women's health | Coping with stress | Family & relationships: advice & issues | Coping with personal problemsDDC classification: 158.1 | 158.1 WIL
Contents:
Chasing your tail -- Why do we attack ourselves? -- Waking up to the life you have -- Introducing the eight-week mindfulness programme -- Mindfulness week one: waking up to autopilot -- Mindfulness week two: keeping the body in mind -- Mindfulness week three: the mouse in the maze -- Mindfulness week four: moving beyond the rumour mill -- Mindfulness week five: turning towards difficulties -- Mindfulness week six: trapped in the past or living in the present ? -- Mindfulness week seven: when did you stop dancing? -- Mindfulness week eight: your wild and precious life.
Summary: 'Mindfulness' reveals the secrets of lifelong happiness and details a unique programme developed by Oxford University psychologist Professor Mark Williams with colleagues around the world.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 158.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00213874
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 158.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00213876
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 158.1 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000746325
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

THE LIFE-CHANGING BESTSELLER - OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD

Authoritative, beautifully written and much-loved by its readers, Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world has become a word-of-mouth bestseller and global phenomenon. By investing just a few minutes each day, this classic guide to mindfulness will put you back in control of your life once again.

'Simple and profound' Sir Kenneth Brannagh

'If you want to free yourself from anxiety and stress, read this book' Ruby Wax

Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world is based on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Co-developed by Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, MBCT is recommended by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and is as effective as drugs for preventing depression. But, equally, it works for the rest of us who aren't depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the relentless demands of the modern world.

The book reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to break the cycle of anxiety, stress unhappiness and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and allows you to meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage.

Accompanying CD contains guided meditations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chasing your tail -- Why do we attack ourselves? -- Waking up to the life you have -- Introducing the eight-week mindfulness programme -- Mindfulness week one: waking up to autopilot -- Mindfulness week two: keeping the body in mind -- Mindfulness week three: the mouse in the maze -- Mindfulness week four: moving beyond the rumour mill -- Mindfulness week five: turning towards difficulties -- Mindfulness week six: trapped in the past or living in the present ? -- Mindfulness week seven: when did you stop dancing? -- Mindfulness week eight: your wild and precious life.

'Mindfulness' reveals the secrets of lifelong happiness and details a unique programme developed by Oxford University psychologist Professor Mark Williams with colleagues around the world.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Mark Williams (Author) Professor Mark Williams is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford University. He co-developed mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), is co-author of the international bestseller The Mindful Way Through Depression and author of Cry of Pain: Understanding suicide and the suicidal mind . Danny Penman (Author) Dr Danny Penman Ph.D. is the bestselling author of Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world, co-written with Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, and co-author of Mindfulness for Health with Vidyamala Burch. He is a qualified mindfulness teacher who first learned to meditate when he was 16. He is also a feature and comment writer for the Daily Mail , having previously worked for the Independent and the BBC. Danny has hosted mindfulness seminars for directors and senior figures from many leading companies. He is a frequent commentator on mindfulness for the BBC and various national newspapers.