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Full Catastrophe Living

Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

Bantam Dell, 1990
First Edition: 1990 Mehr


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Innovative
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Recommendation

Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn’s perspective and straight-forward teachings on mindfulness are as important today as when he published the first edition of his book in 1990. The second edition was published in 2013 – thoroughly updated and revised. If you work under pressure, multitask, or feel overwhelmed and stressed, Kabat-Zinn can teach you how to slow down and use mindfulness to experience calmness and a sense of well-being. He offers tools for relaxing and interacting more authentically with others. This summary focuses on his teachings as they apply to easing work-related stress, but he offers many other applications of mindfulness. He goes into depth about reducing the difficulties of living with chronic pain and illness, as well as many different forms of stress. This revised and updated self-help classic offers a wealth of research-supported guidance you can implement immediately. getAbstract recommends this manual for its valuable, effective and doable quality-of-life methods and techniques.

Take-Aways

  • You can perceive your work-related stress in a more positive and useful way.
  • You can reduce stress and promote greater well-being by taking a few moments to practice mindfulness meditation formally, at home or on the job.
  • To do this, take a few moments to become aware of your breathing, and let whatever thoughts arise come and go in your mind.

About the Author

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is a founder of the mindfulness movement. Numerous hospitals throughout the world use his mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR). He is Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founder of MBSR and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.


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    P. S. 3 months ago
    loved this overview - best that I have read so far
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    S. S. 1 year ago
    Read and good.
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    M. H. 2 years ago
    loved this