Godsfield Companion: Mindfulness: The guide to principles, practices and more

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A comprehensive guide to mindfulness: its benefits, the science and how to use it to improve your relationships, work life and mental health. Mindfulness expert Dr Patrizia Collard outlines the principles of mindful living and how it can help all of us to improve our wellbeing. CONTENTS Chapter 1: Awakening to Mindfulness Including Understanding mindfulness, Opening up to a new way of living and Breaking habits with mindfulness Chapter 2: Relationships and Mental Wellbeing Including Mindfulness for secure relationships, Mindfulness & parenting and Improving relationships with all beings Chapter 3: Food and Sleep Including Mindful eating, Mindfulness for connecting with sleep and Meditation to reduce cravings Chapter 4: The Gifts of Later Life Including Mindful ageing, Inspirational elders and Connecting with loss Chapter 5: Your Ongoing Journey Including Mindfulness and invoking joy, Mindful art and craft and A mindfulness journey, week by week

Dr Patrizia Collard is a psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, stress management consultant and lecturer in psychotherapy at the University of East London. Her books include Journey into Mindfulness, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies, Awakening the Compassionate Mind, and The Little Book of Mindfulness. Dr Collard's wide range of approaches and methodologies include mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy, rational emotive behaviour therapy, core energy management, existential therapy, drama therapy, yoga and meditation, relaxation and self-hypnosis. Entermindfulness.com Instagram.com/patriziacollard Twitter.com/entermindfulness