So much anxiety is brought about by unhelpful thoughts patterns that don't need to control your life. By bringing more mindful awareness to your thought patterns, you are able to reduce not only the symptoms of anxiety but you can also often eliminate the root cause. The Mindful Way through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic [...]
Mindfulness is one of the most powerful tools I have found to offer clients who experience depression. This book is a great introduction to the basics of mindfulness practice and how to apply these skills to reduce the suffering brought on my depression. It also includes a CD for practicing. The Mindful Way Through Depression: [...]
In my mind, self-compassion is an essential skill to practice if you want to achieve your goals and develop resilience. Everything changes when you are able to practice putting aside the self-judgment that gets in the way of your ability to clearly look back at your “failures." Suddenly, instead of these being reasons to beat [...]
This is a great place to start for people interested in trying a mindfulness-based writing practice. The book is broken down into short chapters (1-3 pages usually) that almost read like stand-alone exercises. After you read the first couple of chapters, at least, you can really just pick up wherever your fancy takes you. I [...]
With a large body of research to back up his interventions, Martin Seligman has done a great deal to develop the field of positive psychology. I often recommend this book in conjunction with some of the questionnaires on his website. His approaches focus on helping people find their strengths, and research shows us there is [...]