Description:
Written by two experts in the field of cognitive behavioral therapy--the best tested set of practices for alleviating stress and anxiety--these daily meditations invite you to find contentment, peace, and happiness in place of worry and fear.
Each day's reading reveals how the powerful tool of mindfulness can help you to become more grounded, energized, motivated, and satisfied with your life. You'll discover in these pages how to be attentive and open to the present while calmly acknowledging and accepting your thoughts, feelings, and sensations.
The authors' deep expertise and clinical experience in the field of psychology lends scientific weight to the mindfulness practices found in this practical and inspirational guide. The daily entries in A Mindful Year will guide you to reconnect with core values: authenticity, compassion, gratitude, simplicity.
Each of the 365 readings leads with an uplifting quote from the likes of Kahlil Gibran, Maya Angelou, Alan Watts, Harper Lee, Thomas Merton, Alice Walker, Eckhart Tolle, Rumi, and the Dalai Lama--and is followed by reflections, anecdotes, and timeless insights on all aspects of daily living. Each entry concludes with an invitation, a call to action that will bring the mindfulness practice into your life in a meaningful way. As you spend time each day with the readings you will find yourself feeling less disconnected and empty, and more in tune with what matters most in your life
A Mindful Year is a book readers will turn to again and again as it becomes a daily companion in finding wisdom, love, connection, and joy.
Brief description:
Dr. Aria Campbell-Danesh, DClinPsy, CPsychol, is a high-performance psychologist and an expert in the fields of behavior change and long-term health (Dr-Aria.com). A mindfulness specialist and creator of the FIT Method, he works internationally with clients on their mind-set, exercise, and nutrition. He is regularly featured in popular lifestyle publications such as Women's Health and Marie Claire. Dr. Aria is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Review Quotes:
"This book's 365 daily invitations encourage and guide us to become more aware, learn new ways of knowing and being, and realize that in each moment we have a choice about how to respond. It is imbued with practical wisdom and compassion, alongside a grounded reality of how difficult this work can be. Starting each day with these reflections and committing to enacting them in our lives could enrich our lives, and those whose lives we touch both directly and indirectly. A unique feature of this book is that it was written on the foundations of a friendship between the two authors, that is clearly infused with love and mutual respect. The authors bring out the very best in each other, and in so doing potentially in readers as well."
-- "Willem Kuyken, Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science, University of Oxford, and coauthor of Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology"