The Mindful Child: How to Help Your Kid Manage Stress and Become Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate – Susan Kaiser Greenland

This audiobook will walk you through the entire eight-week program. You can even put it on your phone or MP3 player and have a full mindfulness program available to you at all times.

“The Little Book of Mindfulness”

Mindful Emotional Eating: Mindfulness Skills to Control Cravings, Eat in Moderation and Optimize Coping – Pavel G. Somov This follow-up to Full Catastrophe Living is a more condensed overview of mindfulness that’s more focused on mindfulness meditation. This makes it a better option for someone who is more interested in the meditation aspect of mindfulness, as well as someone who is looking for a shorter book.

This is a good option for anyone who wants to learn mindfulness meditation with a focus on how it pertains to Buddhism, though its mindfulness teachings are solid on their own. Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Transcripts and Insights for Working With Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and Other Problems – Richard W. Sears Clinical psychologists Randye J. Semple and Jennifer Lee’s MBCT book is the only one on this list focused on children. It is particularly aimed at 9- to 12-year-olds, so it would be most useful for practitioners dealing with preteens. Instead, it is meant to encourage personal growth and transformation from within. People who have undergone a 12-step program may also find value in this as a supplement. Kabat-Zinn is so highly regarded in the mindfulness community that we felt it necessary to dedicate a section to him above. We also felt that he deserves to be the first author mentioned in this section.Although this article already had a section on mindfulness books for beginners, Kabat-Zinn’s offering deserves its own mention. This book is meant to be read either all at once or little by little. Reading it is a versatile way to learn about mindfulness from the man who popularized it in the West. Jeffrey Holloway’s book is an introduction to mindfulness meditation both in theory and in practice. This book is an excellent starting point for learning about MBCT. It can be helpful to show clinicians how an MBCT program might look, as well as to show patients what they should expect before beginning an MBCT program. Very nicely done, Joaquín! I’m particularly impressed by your breaking out mindfulness into an apt taxonomy of subsets – and personally annotating each listing. Exactly my kind of map!

The Awakened Family is another offering from a clinical psychologist, and this one comes recommended by Oprah Winfrey. Author Shefali Tsabary prides herself on combining Western and Eastern teachings. Some of the tools are targeted at particular age groups, but because there are so many options available, there is value in this book for children and adolescents of all ages. This book is a versatile option for multi-children households, and it will remain relevant as kids get older. This book on mindful eating comes from Jan Chozen Bays, a medical doctor who’s also a Zen master. The book helps people become more mindful by identifying eating habits and patterns and understanding when and why they eat. Rebecca Crane’s book is for clinical practitioners who want to learn about MBCT. Crane presents the concept by describing 30 features of the program that define it and set it apart. Delivery is on a selected date, you can choose a delivery day of your choice, up to 10 days in advance (Excluding next day delivery. Postcode restrictions apply)This book focuses on the relationship between our minds and bodies, so people interested in mind-body integration should find it interesting. Of course, it is also a good option for anyone who has read and liked Kabat-Zinn’s other books. The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress – John D. Teasdale, Mark Williams, Zindel V. Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn Released well after Wherever You Go, There You Are, this book is an updated overview of mindfulness for anyone interested in its teachings. It is much longer than Wherever You Go, There You Are, and the fact that it was published more recently makes it a good option for someone who wants more up-to-date scientific evidence for mindfulness. Intended to be a manual for mindful breathing, this guide can be an extensive introduction for beginners who do not have access to a teacher of their own.