The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappinessby Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn |
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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
- Reading Level: Paperback
- Binding: Paperback
- No. of Pages: 273
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- Publisher: The Guilford Press
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- ISBN: 1593851286
- Product Size (W x H x L) inches: 5.98 x 0.87 x 8.82
- Shipping Weight: 0.84
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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness Review
Source: Product DescriptionIf you’ve ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression, four uniquely qualified experts explain why our usual attempts to “think” our way out of a bad mood or just “snap out of it” lead us deeper into the downward spiral. Through insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy, they demonstrate how to sidestep the mental habits that lead to despair, including rumination and self-blame, so you can face life’s challenges with greater resilience. Jon Kabat-Zinn gently and encouragingly narrates the accompanying CD of guided meditations, making this a complete package for anyone seeking to regain a sense of hope and well-being.
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Number of reviews: 65 Average Rating:A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-02-12 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, The Mindful Way Through Depression
Great book. Not much in the way of depression. The book is about how to be mindful and the procedures and helpful steps to accomplish mindfulness.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-02-06 and rated it
4 People found this review helpful, This Book Will Change Your Life
I have a Ph.D. in psychology, and this book has changed my life and my relationship with depression. I experienced my first clinical depression 21 years ago after battling cancer for over a year. Since then, it has come and gone on a annual basis. This book explains depression in a way that no professor, no textbook, no therapist, and no medical doctor ever has.
The authors distinguish between the "doing" mind that uses critical thinking to accomplish goals and focuses on the past and future from the "being" mind that observes life in the present moment. We're always trying to narrow the gap between where we are and where we want to be or widen the gap if don't like where we're headed.
Depression is typically treated using the doing mind. You read about techniques and methods to get rid of depression, you talk to a therapist about childhood or family issues, or you get medication from your doctor. The goal is always to get rid of depression by doing something. Unfortunately that makes it worse. It leads down a path to further depression as we compare where we are with where we want to be and start beating ourselves up.
The solution is mindfulness. This book comes with a CD that I use every day. It takes me 30 minutes. As thoughts and sensations come into my awareness, including depressive thoughts, I notice them without judging. If I start to judge them, I notice that I'm judging. When I can, I gently come back to my breath and my body. There is no right or wrong way to do mindfulness meditation. The goal is never to get better at it. Instead, the goal is to accept yourself...your thoughts and your sensations...exactly as you are in the present moment. As Ram Dass said, the goal is to "be here now."
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-02-01 and rated it
2 People found this review helpful, Good, Not Stellar
I feel this book is informative and interesting. If you've done any study into mindfulness training, yoga practice, meditation--you will see some of the same ideas discussed here. All in all, a good book that instills a sense of "this IS manageable" without the typical pressure to go to the doctor and inundate your body with prescribed man-made toxins.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-02-01 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself From Chronic Unhappiness
A very easy to read book that can be used by people suffering of depression as well as those who offer help to people who suffer from depression. A very easy to follow program is given to reduce the chances of depression recurring. The techniques are based on Buddhist mindfullness training, but you do not need to be a Buddhist or even know anything about meditation to be able to benefit from this book.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2010-01-30 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, A Must Read For Nearly Everyone.
Despite its title, this book would help for everyone who gets stressed out, easily upset, anxious, or feels otherwise unbalanced. Or anyone interesting in starting a mediation practice. However, it would be most helpful for someone recovering from depression, or who has an anxiety disorder. The meditation exercises on the CD that comes with the book are easy to do and very helpful. I can definitely tell that its making a difference. Also, the book is written in an inclusive and accessible way with its main focus being on stress reduction and incorporating mindfulness into your daily life.
I think this book is a good adjunct to treatment for depression or anxiety and helps prevent relapse, however it isn't a substitute for formal therapy and/or medication
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