"Awarded Finalist in the Health and Wellness category by Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2017" What if 10 minutes a day mattered for your overall health, well-being, and ability to experience greater ease and joy through your life? Would you make this time for yourself? In this practical, hands-on book, clinical psychologist Beth Kurland shares her knowledge and expertise gained from over 20 years of experience, and shows you how 10 minutes a day can transform your life. Integrating key findings from multiple fields of psychology and neuroscience, Dr. Kurland uses concise explanations and clear examples to guide you through daily practices that teach you how to implement the many tools she offers. This book, with its accompanying worksheets and audios, is not just meant to be read, it is meant to be put to use in your life to bring about lasting change. Designed for the lay person who may not have the time to read many of the other longer and more in-depth self-help books on the market, or who may be looking for a concrete way to implement the ideas from other self-help books, this book is designed to have the biggest impact in the shortest amount of time by offering daily mind-body exercises, based on the latest psychological research and neuroscience, to help readers rewire their minds toward greater well-being. The practical exercises are designed to be helpful in the work place, at home, in relationships, and in one's personal life. Each week's chapter begins with a goal and intention highlighting the stress management skill that is being taught, followed by insights as to why this goal is important or relevant. Following this are seven daily mind-body exercises using multiple modalities, designed to get new neural pathways to fire, to help wire-in that particular skill. After each exercise is a specific example, showing how that exercise can be applied and how it is relevant in one's life. There is an accompanying worksheet for each day's practice, (also available online) making it easy for readers to track what they have noticed each day and to help them become more accountable for following through with each exercise. At the end of each chapter there is a meditation/visualization exercise to help integrate the material from that chapter. A writing exercise encompassing a short affirmation that readers can reflect on daily, and a summary of key take-away points concludes each chapter. This book helps people make significant positive changes in their lives, one day at a time, through short, daily exercises utilizing principles from Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

The Transformative Power of Ten Minutes: An Eight Week Guide to Reducing Stress and Cultivating Well-Being

Kurland, Beth

Religion & Spirituality

Wellbridge Books

“Smokescreen may initially present itself as a program to quit smoking and does so in in way that addresses the reader personally and effectively. Included is a vast array of motivational ideas and operational techniques that integrate Jewish philosophy and current psychological approaches. Almost immediately, the book expands into an approach to living and values that elevate a cessation manual on smoking into a journey of awareness and potential for living a meaningful life. All the golden insights of Judaism and psychology synthesize into a guidebook for personal effectiveness and significance. To one with no background or a limited understanding of Judaism, Smokescreen presents a brilliant, understandable, sweet awareness of the Jewish perspective of values, ideas and richly woven stories that have been the guiding principals of morality and purposeful to mankind for the past 3,500 years. To one well-versed in Jewish thought, everything comes together as to both a practical guide and a thrilling experience and reawakening into the sheer grandeur of G-d's creation. To one with little focus on the psychological aspects of life events, Smokescreen is the book that explains, with a taste of honey, the human mind in a way that encourages and permits management of life's challenges. To one who has a background in psychological thought, Smokescreen brings together the various facets of the human mind, especially in the workings of the conscious and unconscious processes that direct human action and aspiration. All together, the writers, with a lovingness and kindness in their words, create a wonderful book that defines Jewish psychology. Anyone, at any age or level of learning, will be enriched and well the wiser by being engaged in this gift of insight. The smoker will have effective tools to desist the grip of the addiction. The non-smoker will have a guide to dealing with other negative patterns of habit. All who take in the contents of Smokescreen will derive the benefit of experiencing the finest examples of awareness of the human condition and Jewish wisdom coming together into one beautifully crafted book. --Rabbi Donald T. Stein, JD, PhD, Psychologist, Morristown, NJ

Smokescreen: A Jewish Approach to Stop Smoking

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Brombacher PhD, Shoshannah

Forman PhD, Bruce

Addiction & Recovery

This companion workbook to Smokescreen: A Jewish Approach to Stop Smoking will support you in reaching your goal of a smoke-free life by leading you through a step-wise process for quitting smoking. This workbook contains the insightful work of experts in stopping smoking, aids—including a self-hypnosis script—and a series of worksheets that you can use to evaluate your smoking habits, motivations, and goals. As well, you will learn key skills for overcoming this addiction. Incorporating the tenets of the Jewish tradition, this hands-on approach will help you: Identify your smoking triggers; Get support with a Quit Team; Select, set and plan your Quit Day; Learn skills, practices, and tools to keep you on track; Learn how to incorporate meditation and mindfulness practices; Incorporate Jewish spirituality while achieving your goals of living a smoke-free life.

Smokescreen:: A Jewish Approach to Stop Smoking - WORKBOOK

Forman, Bruce D.

Brombacher, Shoshannah

Awaken to what is most important in your life and be present to the precious, unfolding moments through poems, meditations, and reflections. Gifts of the Rain Puddle will inspire you to experience the fullness of your life—to celebrate the ordinary joys and to be present to what is difficult, with compassion and openness. Its words will encourage you to ask some of the bigger questions that often go unspoken and to celebrate the common humanity we all share

Gifts of the Rain Puddle: Poems, Meditations and Reflections for the Mindful Soul

Alternative Medicine

"This work represents a lifetime of experience and Dr. Olson's passion for helping those who must confront not only pain but the potential challenges inherent in some health and compensation systems... "It's not every day that you get to crawl inside the head of a psychologist to get a glimpse of how he views chronic pain and the people it affects. This view from the 'other side of the couch' however is exactly what the reader receives--insights of relevance to clinicians and patients alike from a pain psychologist who has spent literally thousands of hours working with individuals faced with chronic pain. Dr. Olson has devoted his career to caring for and advocating on behalf of people with pain. His book is rich in antidotes, the basics of multidisciplinary care, and offers clear examples for why affective and cognitive factors need to be addressed in any case involving chronic pain. A true gem in this book is his collection of case studies. Representing hundreds of hours of therapeutic work, these cases provide a sampling of the challenges that face both patients and clinicians focused on managing pain for the long term. -David A. Williams, Ph.D., Professor, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry &amp; Psychology, Associate Director, Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Associate Director, Research Development, MICHR, University of Michigan, President, American Pain Society

It Hurts: A Practical Guide For Pain Management

Olson, Kern a

Diseases & Physical Ailments

If life can feel at times like a challenging tightrope walk, how do we face life's difficulties yet remain resilient and open-hearted? Rather than seeking "perfect" balance, or tiptoeing on our journey, how do we learn to embrace life and "dance", in order to live most fully? In this book, clinical psychologist and award-winning author Beth Kurland reveals five common obstacles--habits of the mind that get in the way of living your fullest life--and five tools to transform these obstacles into lasting inner resources for resilience, peace, and joy. This practical yet inspirational book draws upon evidence-based psychology practices and what neuroscience teaches us about the evolution and hardwiring of the brain, as well as Beth's own personal experience and her clinical expertise from over twenty years in the field. It addresses the challenges of being human and offers insights on how to bring greater awareness, self-compassion, meaning and authentic happiness into our lives.

Dancing on the Tightrope: Transcending the Habits of Your Mind & Awakening to Your Fullest Life

Learn how to apply the techniques of mindfulness, meditation and a positive mindset in the workplace.Written and compiled by two women authors, who have direct experience in business, teaching and people management, Firefly Culture is intended to be a personal development and empowerment experience suited for professional environments. It is a highly effective, proven and practical way of introducing mindfulness in the workplace. Following the guidance outlined in this book can enhance the energy of your workplace. You'll learn to apply techniques of mindfulness, meditation, practice a positive mindset and more. Firefly Culture will inspire, motivate and empower your team members in the workplace.Each chapter consists of clear, concise guidance on how to practice mindfulness, along with meditations based on the principals from the highly successful Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. Over the course of the book, you will be taught formal and informal practices of mindfulness, the seven attitudes of mindfulness and mindful meditations, which will strengthen your state of mind and help you develop focus. These practices can improve decision-making and communication skills allowing you to work with clarity of purpose and a balanced mind.The print edition also includes blank pages at the end of each chapter to record your learnings and takeaways. By the end of the book, it is hoped you will have mastered mindfulness skills that will help you to be in the present moment, how to recognize your feelings and emotions and how to keep them under control, especially when faced with highly stressful situations.

Firefly Culture: Illuminate Your Workplace by Tuning In to Mindfulness

Sacco, Camille

Alam, Jasmine

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