Mindful compassion
Subtitle: how the science of compassion can help you understand your emotions, live in the present, and connect deeply with others
By: Paul Gilbert, PhD, and Choden
Contributors: Choden, author
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781626250611; 9781626250628; 9781626250635
Subjects: Compassion; Mind and body
Description: "Therapists have long been aware of mindfulness as a powerful attention skill that can help us live with greater clarity and awareness--but mindfulness alone is not enough to completely change the way a brain works. In order to fully thrive, we require motivation. Compassion, like anger or aggression, is an extremely powerful motivational force that can bring about real, lasting change. Written by the founder of compassion-focused therapy (CFT), Paul Gilbert and former Buddhist monk, Choden, Mindful Compassion is a unique blending of evolutionary and Buddhist psychology. In this breakthrough book, you'll learn how traditional mindfulness and compassion can work in harmony to offer a new, effective, and practical approach to overcoming everyday emotional and psychological problems" --Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333).
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: The issues; title: Waking up; title: Evolved mind and motivations; title: Emotional systems; title: Emergence of compassion; title: The challenge of mindfulness practice; title: The lotus in the mud; title: The practices; title: Mindfulness practice; title: Working with acceptance; title: Building compassionate capacity; title: The compassionate self; title: Widening our circle of compassion; title: Books; title: Cds; title: Websites; title: Notes 311.