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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Faster than a speeding spitball, more powerful than a playground bully, able to breeze through homework and finish nightly chores in a single bound, it#x0;s Master of Mindfulness--here to conquer stress, worry, and any trouble that comes your way! With this fun and empowering book, written for kids by kids and featuring cool illustrations and tips, young readers will learn how to use the power of mindfulness to address daily stresses--whether at school,...
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Do you want to improve your mood and don't know how to start? Are you tired of feeling negative, having bad experiences or problems with anxiety, stress or depression? Would you like to know some simple concepts to calm your mind? Or do you simply want to know more about how to be happy? In "You Have the Power to Change Your Life: A Guide to Live Better: Mind" we have compiled 9 of the most powerful knowledge, habits and tested techniques to educate...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Explore what modern science has revealed about mindfulness and the many ways in which it can benefit your life. In these 22 lessons, renowned specialists share their own personal experiences and their latest research, and they guide you through several mindfulness exercises. The result: an immersive experience of mindfulness, its practice, and its benefits.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Because we are human, heartbreak or loss will come to us at some time in our lives. Author Kristine Carlson shares powerful stories of loss and grief, and the role her mindfulness practice played in her healing process. She explains how practicing mindfulness now can even help you better face difficult times in the future. Learn how to access peace, even when joy might not be present.
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Because we are human, heartbreak or loss will come to us at some time in our lives. Author Kristine Carlson shares powerful stories of loss and grief, and the role her mindfulness practice played in her healing process. She explains how practicing mindfulness now can even help you better face difficult times in the future. Learn how to access peace, even when joy might not be present.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Amishi Jha shares her lab's exciting research on the effects of mindfulness-based training programs on cognition, emotion, and resilience. While other types of brain training do not seem to result in long-term benefits, mindfulness training can positively impact the physical structure and functioning of the brain, especially in the three distinct brain networks related to attention and focus.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this session with Dr. Shapiro, open by engaging in a meditation exercise to gather intention and center yourself in the present moment. Explore common questions about mindfulness, from concerns about maintaining focus to dealing with feelings of tiredness and even physical pain, and learn how to begin your own mindfulness practices and how to set goals you can commit to.
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In this session with Dr. Shapiro, open by engaging in a meditation exercise to gather intention and center yourself in the present moment. Explore common questions about mindfulness, from concerns about maintaining focus to dealing with feelings of tiredness and even physical pain, and learn how to begin your own mindfulness practices and how to set goals you can commit to.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Dr. Amishi Jha shares her lab's exciting research on the effects of mindfulness-based training programs on cognition, emotion, and resilience. While other types of brain training do not seem to result in long-term benefits, mindfulness training can positively impact the physical structure and functioning of the brain, especially in the three distinct brain networks related to attention and focus.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Chances are you have a lot of positive experiences in your life right now. But are they fleeting - do you even truly notice them? Learn how a mindfulness practice can help you convert positive experiences into long-term beneficial traits, through self-correcting positive neuroplasticity, what Rick Hanson calls "the superpower of superpowers."
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Chances are you have a lot of positive experiences in your life right now. But are they fleeting - do you even truly notice them? Learn how a mindfulness practice can help you convert positive experiences into long-term beneficial traits, through self-correcting positive neuroplasticity, what Rick Hanson calls "the superpower of superpowers."
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We're always glad to be mindful of our emotions of gratitude, awe, or joy. But what about anger? With Juna Mustad, learn why our normal reactions to anger - either allowing it to drive our actions or stuffing it deep inside - are unhealthy. Learn how to become mindful of your anger, and how that awareness can point you to a healthier, more authentic life and better relationships with others.
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Recent scientific discoveries reveal not only the mechanisms of aging at the cellular level, but also how our mental activities affect those processes. With Dr. Elissa Epel, learn how your activities can affect inflammation; the health of our mitochondria, our cells' centers of energy production; and our epigenome, the chemical compounds that turn our genes on and off.
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Neuroscience reveals why we tend to act more quickly on our feelings of anger than any other emotion. We often regret acting out of anger, but what can we do about it? Learn how a mindfulness practice can help you take more appropriate action in response to anger by affecting your body chemistry and growing new connections in specific parts of the brain in this second session with Juna Mustad.
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Our ability to pay attention and stay focused on a task is incredibly important for our productivity and safety - and often the safety of others. But the attention system in our brain is easily affected by our moods and stress. Are there exercises we can do to train our brain? And, if so, does that training show benefits over time? Dr. Amishi Jha explores brain training from a new perspective.
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Learn how you can really be of service to another person in his or her time of grief - and what actions and words are more harmful than helpful. Kristine Carlson shows how your own mindfulness practice can help fill the gaping hole in your life caused by loss with the fullness of the present moment.
17) Masters of Mindfulness: Transforming Your Mind and Body: Mindsight: Understanding Your Inner Life
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Our minds include our subjective experience, consciousness, and information processing. But how does this all come together? With Dr. Siegel, learn why self-organization is one of the key attributes of all complex systems. Discover how that quality of integration predicts the quality of mental health, and how the practice of mindfulness can take us to healthy integration.
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See how changes you make in your mental and emotional life can affect aging and why the effort it takes to explore some of life's biggest questions - your own purpose, the meaning of your relationships, and more - is worth your while. Dr. Elissa Epel discusses what neuroscience reveals about the ways in which your social life and personal relationships impact your physical rate of aging.
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Mindfulness can strengthen our immune system, decrease stress, increase cognitive function, and allow us to feel more compassion. With Dr. Shauna Shapiro, explore your own purpose for engaging on a journey of mindfulness with respect to intention, attention, and attitude. Given that what you practice grows stronger, what do you want to practice in your own life?
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Join Dr. Dacher Keltner and learn why awe is called a defining human strength and how this emotion and phenomenon differs significantly from beauty and astonishment. What do people report as their main sources of awe, and how does it make them feel? Why is an awareness of awe a central part of the human experience?
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