Mindfulness Education

Too often, life just races by. You don't fully experience what's happening now, because you're too busy thinking about what needs doing tomorrow, or distracted by what happened yesterday. And all the time your mind is chattering with commentary or judgement. Mindfulness allows you to experience the moment instead of just rushing through it. Being mindful opens you up to new ideas and new ways of doing things, reducing stress and increasing your enjoyment of life.

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help readers thrive, by the bestselling authors of the seminal books Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction “An inspired road map for living with a distractible brain . . . If you or...

Beginning firmly with teachers and all those working with students, including administrators and counselors, the Plum Village approach stresses that educators must first establish their own mindfulness practice since everything they do in the classroom will be based on that foundation. The book includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step techniques perfected by educators to teach themselves and to apply to their work with students and colleagues, along with inspirational stories of the ways in which teachers have made mindfulness practice alive and relevant for themselves and their students.

Reframing Hypnotherapy is the book that will transform your hypnosis sessions! This book is about Contextual Hypnotherapy, the evidenced-based approaches you can use to problem solve in clinical hypnosis. Its purpose is to free you from the constraints of the methods of hypnosis that are based on tradition rather than research and to teach you new skills you can use with your clients immediately. By overviewing the research that behavioral therapists use, specific methods and techniques that are based on hypnotic intervention are outlined and shared. What this means is that the new ...

For fans of Everything Is F*cked and Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times, a book about facing the multiple crises of modernity--and hospicing modernity--with maturity, humility, and integrity. This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter...

Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness emphasizes how the teacher's personal familiarity with mindfulness plants the seed for an education infused with attention, awareness, kindness, empathy, compassion, and gratitude. The book follows a teacher from morning to night on a typical school day, at home, during the commute, and before, during, and after class.

Everyday life is so frantic and full of troubles that we have largely forgotten how to live a joyful existence. We try so hard to be happy that we often end up missing the most important parts of our lives. In Mindfulness, Oxford professor Mark Williams and award-winning journalist Danny Penman...

From one of the world's preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book available on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems--now revised to reflect the latest research and evidence-based approaches. Dyslexia is the most...

It’s not just the phones. This crucial new investigation into the teen mental health epidemic reveals how rising expectations in school, sports, and daily life have driven unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression—and shows what you can do about it. Pediatrician, researcher, and...

“A comprehensive road map for parents who want to raise securely attached, emotionally healthy children. A parenting must-read.” —Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions ______ Learn how to create a lifetime of connection, trust, and open communication with your...

In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the U.S. are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know...

Mindfulness for beginners - includes practical mindfulness exercises ☆☆"Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention." Dustin Moskovitz (co-founder facebook) ☆☆ You have most likely heard of the word “mindfulness” in at least one point of your life. It is being talked about online, in television shows, and perhaps among friends. But what is mindfulness, really? This book ...

A Brief History of Everything is an altogether friendly and accessible account of men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit, written by an author of whom New York Times reporter Tony Schwartz says: "No one has described the path to wisdom better than Ken Wilber." Wilber...

An insightful, joyful tour of the transformative powers of starting something new, no matter your age—from the bestselling author of Traffic and You May Also Like “Vanderbilt elegantly and persuasively tackles one of the most pernicious of the lies we tells ourselves—that the pleasures of...

An expert in cognitive development and music education reveals the remarkable and surprising benefits that playing--or even appreciating--music offers to children. The latest cognitive research has revealed something extraordinary: learning music and listening to music can grow and repair our...

Mindfulness for Teachers is based upon the author's extensive experience as a mindfulness practitioner, teacher, educator, and scientist. Drawing upon basic and applied research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and education, the audiobook offers valuable information about how mindfulness can help teachers manage the stressful demands of the classroom, cultivate an exceptional learning environment, and revitalize teaching and learning.

In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives. From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness...

Being stressed is normal. In fact, some stress is good for us. But when it becomes unmanageable and self-discipline is lost, then it can create long-term and lasting issues with our physical and mental health. Stress Management tackles the issues and offers detailed and comprehensive advice on how you can change it and feel more positive and happier.

Discover your core values and find your place in life, love, and work. We all want to be our most authentic selves in every space that we are in―in our relationships, our work, and our communities. But often we feel a disconnect, a tension between who we are and what the people around us...

I propose a plan for 21 days for you to incorporate meditation into your life. A cycle well-known by scientists to be especially helpful in making beneficial changes in your life.The first part is theoretical and the second is practice. But don't worry; I don't give too much theory, only what it is necessary, since the objective is clearly practical: to learn how to meditate. In the practical part I explain the exercises you will be doing from day to day.