Integrating Modern Studies With Insights From Direct Experience, [this Book] Offers A Uniquely Informed Perspective On Our Inner Lives, Our Interpersonal Relationships, And The Development Of Well-being And Happiness. Individuals Interested In Improving The Quality Of Life For Themselves And Others Will Discover Enlightening Insights To Achieving A Richer Sense Of Meaning, Deeper Learning, And Balance In Everyday Living. Clinicians In Medical And Mental Health Settings Will Find This Exploration Invaluable In Their Work To Help Others Alleviate Suffering And Face Life's Challenges. For All Of Us, Siegel's Illuminating Discussions Of The Power Of The Focused Mind Provide A Wealth Of Inspirational Ideas That Can Transform Our Lives And Deepen Our Connections With Others, And With Ourselves.-dust Jacket. A Mindful Awareness -- Brain Basics -- A Week Of Silence -- Suffering And The Streams Of Awareness -- Subjectivity And Science -- Harnessing The Hub : Attention And The Wheel Of Awareness -- Jettisoning Judgments : Dissolving Top-down Constraints -- Internal Attunement : Mirror Neurons, Resonance, And Attention To Intention -- Reflective Coherence : Neural Integration And Middle Prefrontal Function -- Flexibility Of Feeling : Affective Style And An Approach Mindset -- Reflective Thinking : Imagery And The Cognitive Style Of Mindful Learning -- Educating The Mind : The Fourth R And The Wisdom Of Reflection -- Reflection In Clinical Practice : Being Present And Cultivating The Hub -- Personal Growth : Memory, Emotion, And Identity -- The Mindful Brain In Psychotherapy : Looking Through The Lens Of Interpersonal Neurobiology -- The Mindful Brain In Psychotherapy : Promoting Neural Integration. Daniel J. Siegel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 363-378) And Index.

Reflection And Attunement In The Cultivation Of Well Being

Siegel/mindful Brain

Siegel, Daniel J., 1957-

Daniel J. Siegel MD

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Norton Professional Books

New York: W.W. Norton

United States, United States of America

Illustrated, PT, 2007

April 1, 2007

xx, 387 pages : 25 cm
Integrating modern studies with insights from direct experience, [this book] offers a uniquely informed perspective on our inner lives, our interpersonal relationships, and the development of well-being and happiness. Individuals interested in improving the quality of life for themselves and others will discover enlightening insights to achieving a richer sense of meaning, deeper learning, and balance in everyday living. Clinicians in medical and mental health settings will find this exploration invaluable in their work to help others alleviate suffering and face life's challenges. For all of us, Siegel's illuminating discussions of the power of the focused mind provide a wealth of inspirational ideas that can transform our lives and deepen our connections with others, and with ourselves.-Dust jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index
Part I: Mind, brain, and awareness. A mindful awareness ; Brain basics -- Part II: Immersion in direct experience. A week of silence ; Suffering and the streams of awareness -- Part III: Facets of the mindful brain. Subjectivity and science ; Harnessing the hub : attention and the wheel of awareness ; Jettisoning judgments : dissolving top-down constraints ; Internal attunement : mirror neurons, resonance, and attention to intention ; Reflective coherence : neural integration and middle prefrontal function ; Flexibility of feeling : affective style and an approach mindset ; Reflective thinking : imagery and the cognitive style of mindful learning -- Part IV: Reflections on the mindful brain. Educating the mind : the fourth "R" and the wisdom of reflection ; Reflection in clinical practice : being present and cultivating the hub ; The mindful brain in psychotherapy : promoting neural integration

From the author of the internationally-acclaimed best-selling text The Developing Mind , and esteemed leader and educator in the field of mental health, comes the first book ever to integrate neuroscience research with the ancient art of mindfulness. The result is a groundbreaking approach to not simply mental health, but life in general, which shows readers how personal awareness and attunement can actually stimulate emotional circuits in the brain, leading to a host of physiological benefits, including greater well-being, resilience, emotional balance, and improved cardiac and immune function. For clinicians and laypeople alike, Siegels illuminating discussions of the power of the focused mind provide a wealth of ideas that can transform our lives and deepen our connections with others, and with ourselves.

An exploration of the nature of our mind, from the inside out, by a leading neurobiologist. Over the last twenty years, there has been growing attention in the Western world to mindfulness--paying attention to life in the present moment. Here, Daniel J. Siegel investigates the phenomenon of mindfulness as it impacts our daily lives, offering readers insight into personal relationships, emotional behavior, parenting, and work

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