This book was originally written as a teaching manual for my team at the children’s home that I opened in 2012. Therefore, I have to acknowledge some very special people who helped me out at that…
First and foremost, I wish to acknowledge the influence of many teachers and mentors: I am profoundly grateful to Jon Kabat-Zinn for his precious and invaluable teaching throughout the past years, …
This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re distribution, re-selling, loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or dist…
The concept of ‘Organizational Mindfulness’ is viewed as a fruitful concept opening up new avenues of research in Labor and Organization Studies, and Sustainability Studies. One of these avenue…
This book concerns your nature as a human being. It is about the connection of your mind to your body. You may imagine that your mind – your stream of conscious thoughts, ideas, and feelings – …
This paper documents the development of a mindfulness meditation component within a University Counseling Center setting. The specific focus is upon the inclusion of meditation as it pertains to bo…
This article examines the results of a survey about mindfulness competencies in the area of coun- seling and psychotherapy; it specifically addresses competencies needed for training clients in the…
Based on promising results with adults, Accep- tance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) presents as a treatment opportunity for depressed adolescents. We pres-ent a pilot study that compares ACT with tre…
Over the past decade, training in mindfulness—the intentional cultivation of moment-by-moment non-judgmental focused attention and awareness—has spread from its initial western applications in…
Investigations of human potential and well-being recently have focused on mindfulness—a unique quality of consciousness that is defined as being aware of one’s thoughts and actions in the prese…
Interest in applications of mindfulness-based approaches with adults has grown rapidly in recent times, and there is an expanding research base that suggests these are efficacious approaches to pro…
``I couldn't believe it at ®rst; then others said the same thing.'' It was a bright lunchtime on an unseasonably warm Tuesday in January, 2008. We were sitting around a coffee table in the Common …
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation was the first serious, didac- tic Dharma book I read. It was the early nineteen-eighties. My teacher, Jack Kornfield, suggested it as the beginning of formal t…
As women, we have many roles and responsibilities. We are daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, stepmothers, grandmothers, caregivers, working women, leaders, teachers, pastors and pastors' wives, …