A recent article, Mechanisms of Mindfulness: a Buddhist Psychological Model by Grabovac, Lau and Willett in Mindfulness attempted to re-insert Buddhist Psychology into the foundations of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Grabovac and her colleagues did a good job of putting the Three Dharma Seals (impermanence, suffering and nonself) into the service of explaining the mechanisms involved in mindfulness-based interventions. [...]
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New Book by Bob Stahl & Steve Flowers
We are excited to announce the publication of a new book by Bob Stahl & Steve Flowers! Another opportunity to practice mindfulness and self-compassion to liberate ourselves from old patterns of self-criticism and self-hatred. Openning our hearts to kindness and self-care, we learn to treat ourselves as the precious being that we already are. Click [...]
The Power of Our Suffering
Marsha Linehan, founder of one of the most powerful therapeutic interventions, Dialectal Behavior Therapy, shared the history of her suffering last week. The story is too powerful to simply recap here or to offer any interpretations. We can only say that Dr. Linehan has brought a new level of integrity and beauty to the meaning [...]
Self-Compassion: three doors to changing your relationship with yourself
Kristin Neff’s work on self-compassion has been a major touchstone for many of us in the mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) field. For years, her website has been a rich resource for information on self-compassion, updates on her research, and the on-going development of her self-compassion scale. Now, in her new book, Neff presents the details of [...]
Two articles that are a must-read
Here are two articles that are worthy of the read. Maia Duerr's guide on how to meditate and a publication by Mark Lau and Andrea Grabovac on a Buddhist psychological model are two works that integrate ancient teachings with current frameworks of practice and theory. Liberated Life Guide on How to Meditate Maia Duerr of Liberated Life [...]
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