Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your
Life In This Moment shows how the ancient practice of
mindfulness can help us live a fuller and more enriching life.



* Presents material through a balance of clinical case work with
the author's personal stories of the Dalai Lama, ninja, and
Zen Buddhism

* Reveals ways that mindfulness can be applied to modern problems
based on psychological principles and evidence-based programs

* Shows how to apply mindfulness principles to a variety of
problems, including stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and
more

* Provides guidelines for readers to conduct their own
mindfulness training sessions at home

Richard W. Sears, Director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation, is a board-certified clinical psychologist, an authorized Zen teacher, and also has a fifth degree black belt in the ninja art of To-Shin Do. He has practiced and taught mindfulness for 30 years. He is author of Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (forthcoming), Mindfulness in Clinical Practice (2011), and Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals (2006).

Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life In This Moment shows how the ancient practice of mindfulness can help us live a fuller and more enriching life.

• Presents material through a balance of clinical case work with the author's personal stories of the Dalai Lama, ninja, and Zen Buddhism
• Reveals ways that mindfulness can be applied to modern problems based on psychological principles and evidence-based programs
• Shows how to apply mindfulness principles to a variety of problems, including stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and more
• Provides guidelines for readers to conduct their own mindfulness training sessions at home

About the Author viii

Acknowledgments x

1 The Need for Mindfulness 1

2 What is Mindfulness? 15

3 What Mindfulness is Not 60

4 When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Challenges 95

5 When Things Go Terribly Wrong 131

6 Enriching your Life 169

7 Building your Mindfulness Muscles 203

8 Beyond Mindfulness: More Ways to Train your Mind 223

Afterword 240

Mindfulness Exercises 241

References 242

Photo Credits 246

Index 249