Mind, Consciousness, and Well-Being
About this ebook
In this book, Daniel J. Siegel and Marion F. Solomon have gathered leading writers to discuss such topics as:
- attention, resilience, and mindfulness
- neuroplasticity—how the brain changes its function and structure in response to experience
- “loving awareness” as the foundation for mindful living
- how mindfulness training can help build empathy and compassion in clinicians
- self-compassion
- addictions
- using breath practice to cultivate well-being
- tools for clients who feel disconnected
- “therapeutic presence”—how we show up for our clients, how we embody being aware and receptive
The latest entry in the acclaimed Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, this book brings fresh voices to the all-important topics of meditation, mental training, and consciousness.
Mind, Consciousness, and Well-Being offers a unique window into the science and art of taking our understanding of the mind and consciousness and applying it to cultivating well-being in our personal lives and our professional work.
Contributors include Pat Ogden, Shauna Shapiro, Bonnie Goldstein, Trudy Goodman Kornfield, Jack Kornfield, Kristin Neff, Judson Brewer, Gary Small, Amishi Jha, and more.
About the author
Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is the Cofounder of Mind Your Brain, the Founder and Director of Education of the Mindsight Institute, Founding Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, and an international conference speaker. He is a NYTimes-bestselling author of books like Mind, The Mindful Therapist 2nd Edition, The Mindful Brain, Aware, and The Developing Mind, and Founding Editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), with over 1.4 million books sold. Learn more about the IPNB Series at wwnorton.com/ipnbseries.
Marion Solomon, PhD, is a lecturer at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at UCLA. She is co-editor with Dan Siegel of several books in the IPNB Series, including Healing Trauma and How People Change.
