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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness |  | Authors: Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Publisher: The Guilford Press
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Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 755
Media: Paperback
Pages: 273
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1593851286
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.25
EAN: 9781593851286
ASIN: 1593851286
Publication Date: June 2, 2007
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If you’ve ever struggled with depression, take heart. Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic unhappiness once and for all. In The Mindful Way through Depression, four uniquely qualified experts 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 insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy, they demonstrate how to sidestep the mental habits that lead to despair, including rumination and self-blame, 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.
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 A helpful book for clients, family members and friends, based on solid neuroscience. March 15, 2010
Constance E. Knaggs (Michgian, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a psychotherapist with over thirty years of clinical treatment experience. This book sums up the most recent findings of neuroscience,and combines them with the most effective emotional management skills that therapists use with clients. With clear and easy to understand language, it introduces the ordinary, non-professional reader to a powerful and empowering way to change their approach to life stressors and their reactions to them. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to live in a more relaxed and mindful state. The book allows the reader access to the most recent knowledge about how the brain works, and to use this knowledge to change emotional reactions in a way that enriches and empowers life choices.
Very Practical March 14, 2010
cady wells (blacksburg, va)
This is a wonderful guide on the topic of mindfulness and depression. Good exercises and helful CD. I read it quickly and began integrating it into my practice and life.
 Great except for the CD March 11, 2010
Bill K.
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There have been lots of comments about the positive features of this book and I won't go into them here. I did find it full of useful information and not necessarily only for the depressed. The only reason it gets a four is that I had problems with using the CD. The instructor was not only verbose, but he seemed to talk rather fast. I found myself simultaneously getting into the meditation and dreading his next interjection. Looking for a way to slow down the playback on my computer.
 The Mindful Way through Depression February 12, 2010
TracyAnn Spaulding (Middlefield, Connecticut)
Great book. Not much in the way of depression. The book is about how to be mindful and the procedures and helpful steps to accomplish mindfulness.
This book will change your life February 6, 2010
D. Horton (Bay Area, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have a Ph.D. in psychology, and this book has changed my life and my relationship with depression. I experienced my first clinical depression 21 years ago after battling cancer for over a year. Since then, it has come and gone on a annual basis. This book explains depression in a way that no professor, no textbook, no therapist, and no medical doctor ever has.
The authors distinguish between the "doing" mind that uses critical thinking to accomplish goals and focuses on the past and future from the "being" mind that observes life in the present moment. We're always trying to narrow the gap between where we are and where we want to be or widen the gap if don't like where we're headed.
Depression is typically treated using the doing mind. You read about techniques and methods to get rid of depression, you talk to a therapist about childhood or family issues, or you get medication from your doctor. The goal is always to get rid of depression by doing something. Unfortunately that makes it worse. It leads down a path to further depression as we compare where we are with where we want to be and start beating ourselves up.
The solution is mindfulness. This book comes with a CD that I use every day. It takes me 30 minutes. As thoughts and sensations come into my awareness, including depressive thoughts, I notice them without judging. If I start to judge them, I notice that I'm judging. When I can, I gently come back to my breath and my body. There is no right or wrong way to do mindfulness meditation. The goal is never to get better at it. Instead, the goal is to accept yourself...your thoughts and your sensations...exactly as you are in the present moment. As Ram Dass said, the goal is to "be here now."
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