Mindfulness
A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World [With CD (Audio)]
by J. Mark G. Williams, Danny Penman · first published 2011
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An eight-week, practical meditation plan for managing everyday stress. It is easy to follow and suited to busy lives, letting readers start mindfulness without a teacher.
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…where you are, you may need to wait to get an appointment (I had to wait 4 months to see a CBT worker on the NHS in the UK) so in the meantime, you may want to try this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-practical-guide-finding-... Which is an 8 week course of ways to meditate to practise breaking the negative spirals of thoughts. My partner and I are currently working though it, and while it can seem…
on “Ask HN: How do you stop regretting?” ↗Funnily enough this so-called "Choccolate Meditation" is the first meditation in the book on mindfulness for meditation, it's a fun place to start. Anecdotally I've never met a hectic stressed person who liked nearly-black bitter dark choccolate :) (ISBN-13: 978-0749953089) http://amzn.eu/8JHl1tw
on “Nestle says it will cut sugar in chocolate by 40%” ↗In keeping with others who are mentioning / linking to books about non-new-age meditation, try the book by the Psychologists in the mindfulness movement: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-practical-guide-finding-... (Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world, Prof Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman) It's a great book…
on “100 Days of Meditation” ↗Also recommend the book Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams (same author as the guardian article). It's more geared towards the Average Joe and coping with daily stress. One line that stuck with me is: "your…
on “Under Pressure: Why Athletes Choke” ↗I have been a fan of power naps for the past year or so; I work from home so taking 25 minutes to nap in mid-afternoon is not a problem. I just completed the program in "Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan" (Williams, Penman) and found in those eight weeks I didn't feel a need to nap in the afternoon. I just didn't get sleep late in the day.
on “Sleep as a Competitive Advantage” ↗* "Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life", Joe De Sena; Great thoughts on life, by creator of the Spartan Race. * "Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World", Mark Williams, Danny Penman; Meditation excercies plan for mindfulness, which gives different view on everyday life. Also considered as a good…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗For mindfulness awareness in the moment I would recommend Mindfulness:a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world by Williams (Oxford University). It takes you through a course in Mindfulness Based Cognitive…
on “Meditation in the Time of Disruption” ↗…problem, everyone has trouble with it. Good luck! [1] http://seriouspony.com/blog/2013/7/24/your-app-makes-me-fat (HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6124462 ) [2] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-practical-guide-finding-... (US edition: http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-practical-guide-finding-fr... )
on “Ask HN: I'm a chronic procrastinator – how do I break it?” ↗…"think" your way to an answer, not entirely anyway. To save you the pain of my journey (although perhaps the pain is a necessary prerequisite?) I can tell you that what has worked for me is engaging in Mindfulness and having sessions with an expert in Transactional Analysis. Transactional Analysis teaches you to realize you are not just one person all of the time but instead have multiple "Ego States" that you…
on “Ask HN: How Do I Know My True Self?” ↗…been in the same boat. It's really, really tough, and even though it doesn't seem like it's even possible, it does get better. Many things have already been said here, one I haven't seen is (basic!) Mindfulness - no psychotherapists or other psychos involved. Just self-paced, listen to a 5-min mp3 once or twice a day. This one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-practical-guide-finding... comes with a good…
on “Ask HN: How do you manage or avoid meltdowns?” ↗