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The Mindful Way Through Depression

Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

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The Mindful Way Through Depression

Written by: John Teasdale PhD, PhD Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mark Williams DPhil, Zindel Segal PhD
Narrated by: PhD Jon Kabat-Zinn
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If you’ve ever struggled with depression or know someone who has, take heart: mindfulness practice is a simple, powerful way to naturally break depression’s self-perpetuating cycle.

With The Mindful Way Through Depression, four leading researchers present insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy about how to triumph over this illness—and, more importantly, how to prevent it from striking again. Join these uniquely qualified experts to discover the power of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, including:

The "quicksand effect" of depression—why our attempts to think our way out of depression can backfire, and the strategy we can use for true freedom
• The biology of depression—how meditation can rewrite neural structures and heal chemical imbalances
• What to do when you’re not depressed—techniques for cultivating an abiding sense of joy that will protect you from recurrence
• A full CD of guided mindfulness meditations for health and happiness, narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Even successful treatments for depression too often stop short of providing you with a way to protect yourself from falling back into the downward spiral. With The Mindful Way Through Depression, you will develop the tools you need to understand the core mental habits and patterns that lead to depression—and learn a proven method for creating genuine change that lasts a lifetime.

Course objectives:

Identify ways feelings, thoughts, the body, and behavior interact to trigger depression
• Summarize basic concepts of mindfulness and awareness
• Recognize the difference between thoughts and the truth
• Describe the difference between doing mode and being mode
• Identify ways awareness counteracts depression
• List several kinds of mindfulness meditation practices
• Practice guided mindfulness meditation exercises

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Of many books on understanding and healing depression, I find this to be the most realistic and helpful. As a sufferer of mild depression, I can’t attest to the experience of someone with more severe depression but this book from a master of mindfulness training is a gem for me.
The Audible version is unfortunately not well demarcated, so one has to bookmark the meditations. I suspect they might be the ones found in the CD that accompanies the book

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A very very helpful guide for accepting my emotions and depressif states. I now have a better understanding and good practical tools to get through them.
learning to accept and letting go of trying so hard to "get better" was a big step in accually getting better naturally.

I highly recommend this book !

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Very good content, fantastic narrator, life changing approach to depression recovery. Highly recommend this for anyone looking for support through challenging times

Fantastic

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Must read. The ONLY book that effectively taught me mindfulness which helps combat my depression and anxiety. I have been reading mindfulness books for years, trying to understand how and why it helps with things like depression, ADHD, and other mental health issues. This book works. It explains the “how?” and the “why?”

Fantastic for Anyone Suffering from Anxiety and/or Depression

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About as good as an audiobook can be on such a subject. I have listened to many such self help audiobooks and this one is well researched and comprehensive .

Reasonable listen

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