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Better in Every Sense

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Norman Farb & Zindel Segal

For many of us life has stopped making sense. Super-efficient routines that once served us well now stress us out and a ‘toughing it out’ mindset is only compounding the problem.

In Better in Every Sense, neuroscientist Norman Farb and clinical psychologist Zindel Segal reveal how the new science of sensation provides the key to doing things differently. By tuning into new and everyday sensations – from the feeling of our feet on a crowded street to the sound of birdsong in the park – we can engage our sensory network and boost our resilience, well-being, health and creativity.

Grounded in decades of scientific research and filled with simple exercises and practical mental techniques for mastering the art of ‘sense foraging’, Better in Every Sense explores the power of sensory experience to liberate us from our negative thinking patterns and help us successfully handle all of life’s challenges.

A brilliant, user-friendly, and easy-to-implement framework explaining why intentionally tuning in to our senses and learning how to trust them and expand their repertoire in outside-the-box ways-what the authors call ‘sense foraging’-is profoundly liberative and healing, revolutionary, and yet totally commonsensical. – Jon Kabat-Zinn

When you are feeling stressed or stuck, how do you relate to your life? In Better in Every Sense the authors take us through the science of tools to get out of the ‘house of habit’ and offer ways to re-engage with your life. A wonderful new book by Norman Farb and Zindel Segal. Fascinating, thought-provoking, and so useful in these trying times. – Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Life

These two highly trained and highly skilled professionals have got the chops – and the goods – to help you genuinely upgrade your life! – Dan Harris, author of 10% Happier

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: a new approach to preventing relapse – 2nd Edition

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If you are a mindfulness teacher or a therapist and want to learn more about the use of the mindfulness approach for people who remain vulnerable to depression, the approach is described in the Second Edition of this classic work by

Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams and John D. Teasdale (2013)

Written in a practical and accessible manner, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression describes the eight week programme in detail, and also tells the story of how the authors came to develop MBCT using clinical transcripts that bring the programme to life.

From Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Foreword:

“.. this new, revised and updated edition is nothing short of transformational. As a professional book and as a treatment manual in particular, it sets a new standard of authenticity, fidelity, and relationality, not only in how it is structured, but even more importantly, in how it is voiced – in other words, in its relationship with the reader as well as the subject…

…In reading this new version, appearing ten years after the first edition, I was struck by two things. One was how much exquisite new material has been added, not just in the form of new chapters, but subtle revisions and restructuring of the text itself, refining, amplifying, and strengthening a number of key elements that ten years of experience have made clear are critical to the effective delivery of MBCT in clinical settings, as well as to the understanding of the underlying and very clearly described theoretical framework upon which it rests. The other is that, in going back and forth between the first edition and this one to see exactly what was changed and how, I was deeply moved all over again by how thorough, beautifully developed, and well-argued the first edition was — in a tone at the same time invitational, logical, understated, and modest”.

The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Stress

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Mark Williams, John Teasdale & Zindel Segal

From the authors of the bestselling

The Mindful Way through Depression—which explores how mindfulness can break the cycle of chronic unhappiness—this carefully constructed workbook is written for those who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and other forms

of emotional distress. It shows the reader how to build a mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Basic mindfulness principles and facts about depression and other common emotional problems are combined with specific mindfulness exercises to try on a daily and weekly basis, plus a wealth of interactive features that encourage and motivate.

Readers will be drawn in immediately by self-assessments, reflection questions and exercises with spaces to jot down notes, worksheets for keeping track of progress, and quotations and questions from others going through the program. Each week’s guided meditations are provided on the accompanying MP3 CD and can also be downloaded by purchasers.

As the most clearly laid out description of the theory and practice of MBCT to date, it is also proving of interest to mental health professionals and students.

Here is a 2023 article showing the effectiveness of this Workbook conducted by Dr Clara Strauss and colleagues at the University of Sussex, UK: Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Supported Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Self-help Compared With Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-help for Adults Experiencing DepressionThe Low-Intensity Guided Help Through Mindfulness (LIGHTMind) Randomized Clinical Trial and an article in The Guardian newspaper about it: Mindfulness better than CBT for treating depression – The Guardian 27 March 2023

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes Guided Meditation Practices CD)

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Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal & Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn has been written for all those who have struggled with depression. Mindfulness can be a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences without obsessing over them.It can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. The authors 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 simple lessons drawn from both eastern meditative traditions and cognitive-behavioral therapy, they demonstrate how to sidestep mental habits such as rumination and self-blame that inevitably lead to despair, 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.