Description: Designed with the pain-sufferer in mind: radically clear, bite-size, evidence-based mindfulness and self-compassion strategies for relieving chronic pain
Brief description:
Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD, is a physician turned mindfulness and compassion teacher and a senior teacher at InsightLA (InsightLA.org) in Los Angeles, California. She trains teachers and teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion to groups and individuals in the US and across Europe. With her medical background, one of her specialties is working with people who suffer from chronic illness and pain. Dr. Wolf is a lead teacher and program developer for the nationwide mindfulness facilitator training for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. Wolf is also a Buddhist teacher in the vipassana (insight) meditation tradition and has received teacher transmission from Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. She is the coauthor, with Greg Serpa, of A Clinician's Guide to Teaching Mindfulness. Dr. Wolf lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.
Review Quotes: A Best Mindfulness Book of 2021--Mindful.org
"Mindfulness and compassion practices should be in everybody's toolbox for a happier and healthier life. But people dealing with chronic health challenges have it especially hard. Dr. Wolf's accessible, down-to-earth--and beautifully designed--book is essential reading for providers who treat chronic illnesses and for those suffering from them.--Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global