Living a rushed, demanding life and wish for mental calm to deal with the difficulties you face? Stressed out by tangled thoughts and frazzled feelings? Mindfulness Starts Here offers you a way to ease stress with clear instructions on these points: • How mindfulness works using Five Skillful Habits • How being mindful can help you deal better with sadness, pain, and anxiety • How mindfulness can make your life more manageable In Mindfulness Starts Here, you learn how mindfulness works through simple, clear explanations. The instructions and practices show you how to pay attention to your life so you can make skillful decisions. The examples help you understand: • How practicing Five Skillful Habits can change the way you live your life • Why living fully in pleasant and unpleasant times can enrich your life • How mindfulness reduces reactivity to and increases steadiness under stress --- from the publisher About the Authors: Lynette Monteiro PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and co-founder of the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic where she teaches Mindfulness for Pain Management and Foundations of Mindfulness Interventions. In her private practice, she integrates mindfulness and psychotherapy in treatment. She is an artist, social media butterfly, and blog author of 108 Zen Books. Frank Musten PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and co-founder of the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic where he developed and teaches Mindfulness for Burnout Resiliency. His work includes treatment of Canadian military service members for Operational Stress Injuries. Frank co-authors the Sangha Arana blog, is a passionate cyclist, and voracious reader. Joan Halifax PhD (Foreword) is a medical anthropologist, Buddhist teacher, and founder-director of Upaya Zen Institute in Santa Fe NM. She is the author of several books an founder of the Being with Dying, a training program for health care professionals working in palliative care.
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