The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

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The revolutionary book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers find relief from chronic unhappiness is now in a revised and updated second edition. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is grounded in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, a clinically proven approach. The expert authors explain why our usual attempts to "fix" sadness or "just stop thinking about it" can actually worsen depression, instead of relieving it. Through vivid stories and downloadable audio meditations encouragingly narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the book shows how you can break the mental habits that lead to despair--and recover a sense of joy, aliveness, and possibility. Revised throughout to be even more reader friendly, the second edition features fresh insights on coping with the challenges of our ever-changing world, the latest scientific data, and four additional audio tracks. See also the authors' Mindful Way Workbook , which provides step-by-step guidance for building your mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Plus, mental health professionals, see also the authors' bestselling therapy guide: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition . Review: Title is a bit misleading - Mindfulness is wonderful, and they do a good job of teaching it. I've had serious depression, and I've studied mindfulness and done meditation. But I think the title is a bit misleading. It's not actually a way *through* depression. It's more like a way to *prevent* depression. Review: Relief at last. - Having experienced recurring depression since the age of 35, (I am now 72), I had given up. The first episode was the worst, experienced active plans to not carry on. I have two children, so that is the protective factor, but each episode carries this sense that 'what is the point'. I get 6 months, of depression usually, then a period of no depression. I am terrified of each recurrence, which is maybe 20 times so far. Somehow, I had worked out, that fighting it, did not work, and had recently given up even trying, so this book explains how the primitive brain, sees my 'fight' against myself, as 'danger', and is reinforced each time I denied, ignored, distracted, etc. So, I discovered that Mindfuiness is the newest theory, and completely agree that Meditation is a safe way to allow the emotions to show up, as often I am numb, and to experience the body sensations, which freak me out. Wonderful that this programme is in the UK, and becoming mainstream. I am eager to put the plan into action. Thank you all you wonderful Drs.