Fully Present
The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness
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“Excellent. Fully Present offers one of the clearest introductions to mindfulness in the field.”
—Library Journal
Mindfulness has attracted ever‑growing interest and tens of thousands of practitioners, who have come to the discipline from both within and outside the Buddhist tradition. In Fully Present, leading mindfulness researchers and educators Dr. Sue Smalley and Diana Winston provide an all‑in‑one guide for anyone interested in bringing mindfulness to daily life as a means of enhancing well‑being. This new edition, how with a new afterword, provides both a scientific explanation for how mindfulness positively and powerfully affects the brain and the body as well as practical guidance to develop both a practice and mindfulness in daily living, not only through meditation but also during daily experiences. Now, you can wait in line at the supermarket, exercise, or face difficult news with calm and mental fortitude.
Ditch the absent-minded lifestyle and begin bringing your full self and your full mind everywhere. With research studies, personal accounts, and practical applications, Fully Present highlights how things like simply breathing, listening, and walking can change your perspective--and your life.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2022 Susan L. Smalley, PhD and Diana Winston (P)2022 Hachette GoListeners also enjoyed...
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“A highly readable, informed, and elegant synthesis. Susan Smalley and Diana Winston have done a remarkable job of weaving together a coherent and compelling narrative that encourages each one of us to explore mindfulness from the inside out for our own benefit and the greater well-being of the world.”—Jon Kabat-Zinn, bestselling author; founder of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
“A beautiful contribution to the exciting new studies on all the benefits of mindfulness. By simply refocusing our awareness, we reshape our experience. A truly optimistic read!”—Meg Ryan, actress
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- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Most of us believe when we're depressed that our situation is hopeless. That's a mistake, Dr. Elisha Goldstein reassures us in Uncovering Happiness. The secret to overcoming depression and uncovering happiness is in harnessing our brain's own natural antidepressant power and ultimately creating a more resilient antidepressant brain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but focused on depression.
- By wrenekape on 03-22-15
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Hurry Up and Meditate
- By: David Michie
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 801
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 665
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Story4 out of 5 stars 664
In his thought-provoking and entertaining book, David Michie explains the nuts and bolts of meditation. As a busy professional, as well as long-term meditator, he also gives a first-hand account of how to integrate this transformational practice into everyday life. Combining leading edge science with timeless wisdom, Hurry Up and Meditate provides all the motivation and tools you need to achieve greater balance, better health and a more panoramic perspective on life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why meditate?
- By Jenny on 02-26-14
By: David Michie
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The Mindful Way Through Depression
- Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
- By: Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and others
- Narrated by: Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 258
If you've ever struggled with depression or know someone who has, take heart: Mindfulness practice is a simple, powerful way to naturally break depression's self-perpetuating cycle. With The Mindful Way Through Depression, four leading researchers present insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy about how to triumph over this illness - and, more importantly, how to prevent it from striking again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Content - Meditations are at the End
- By Rachel L. on 06-21-16
By: Mark Williams, and others
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The Open-Focus Brain
- Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body
- By: Les Fehmi, Jim Robbins
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
This breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in “narrow-focus attention”: a tense, constricted, survival mode of attention that holds us in a state of chronic stress - and which lies at the root of common ailments including anxiety, depression, ADD, stress-related migraines, and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helpful.
- By Javada Hill on 08-14-20
By: Les Fehmi, and others
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destressifying
- The Real-World Guide to Personal Empowerment, Lasting Fulfillment, and Peace of Mind
- By: Davidji
- Narrated by: Davidji
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
It's pernicious...it's diabolical...it creeps into every moment of our lives. It influences our relationships, impacts our physical body, works its way into our conversations, sparks non-nourishing behaviors, and forces us to do things we'd never want to do. It's infectious; it's relentless.... It's stress! We all know it. We all experience it. It's the human condition - but through this audiobook, you will learn to transcend it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic content and narration
- By Brian Junyor on 11-12-15
By: Davidji
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A Fearless Heart
- How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives
- By: Thupten Jinpa Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 172
The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, in this extraordinary audiobook, the highly acclaimed thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion can bring us even more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Better to read ... unfortunate grating narration
- By lesley ann on 04-12-17
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Joy on Demand
- The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
- By: Chade-Meng Tan
- Narrated by: Telly Leung
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 463
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 408
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 408
In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng Tan shows that you don't need to meditate for hours, days, months, or years to achieve lasting joy - you can actually get consistent access to it in as little as 15 seconds. Explaining joy and meditation as complementary things that naturally reinforce each other, Meng explains how these two skills form a virtuous cycle and, once put into motion, become a solid practice that can be sustained in daily life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Distilled actionable mindfulness
- By R. Russell on 09-26-16
By: Chade-Meng Tan
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Transcendence
- Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation
- By: Norman E. Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 290
Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a 20-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Science of Being and Art of Living - and one of our generation's most significant books on achieving greater physical and mental health and wellness.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational yet "Informercional"
- By James on 05-24-13
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Hardwiring Happiness
- The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
- By: Rick Hanson
- Narrated by: Rick Hanson
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 499
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 409
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Story4 out of 5 stars 404
Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Like a therapy session while I'm on the move.
- By julie on 12-09-13
By: Rick Hanson
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One Simple Thing
- A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life
- By: Eddie Stern, Deepak Chopra - foreword
- Narrated by: Eddie Stern
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
Drawing on modern neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and decades of practice and teaching, Eddie Stern’s One Simple Thing, with a foreword from Deepak Chopra, explains how what we do affects who we become, and reveals how a steady routine of physical movements, activities, and attitudes are able to transform not just our bodies but our brain functions and emotions, and how we experience life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life skills 101....Well done!
- By Carri Moser Camp on 03-08-20
By: Eddie Stern, and others
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How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain
- The New Science of Transformation
- By: Andrew Newberg M.D., Mark Robert Waldman
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
In this original and groundbreaking book, Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Robert Waldman turn their attention to the pinnacle of the human experience: enlightenment. Through his brain-scan studies on Brazilian psychic mediums, Sufi mystics, Buddhist meditators, Franciscan nuns, Pentecostals, and participants in secular spirituality rituals, Newberg has discovered the specific neurological mechanisms associated with the enlightenment experience - and how we might activate those circuits in our own brains.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nothing Special Here.
- By Richard J. Langer on 03-22-16
By: Andrew Newberg M.D., and others
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Bliss Brain
- The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy
- By: Dawson Church
- Narrated by: Dawson Church
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Award-winning author and thought leader Dawson Church, Ph.D., blends cutting-edge neuroscience with intense firsthand experience to show you how you can rewire your brain for happiness—starting right now.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely awful. Pointless and no direction.
- By Amanda M. on 09-21-20
By: Dawson Church
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Mindfulness for Beginners
- By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Narrated by: Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,090
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 837
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Story4 out of 5 stars 810
What if you could profoundly change your life just by becoming more mindful of your breathing? According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, you can. What if "paying attention on purpose and non-judgmentally" could improve your health? Again, according to Dr. Kabat-Zinn, it can.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profound
- By ArtC on 03-05-10
By: Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Love 2.0
- How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become
- By: Barbara Fredrickson
- Narrated by: Barbara Fredrickson
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 234
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Story4 out of 5 stars 241
We all know love matters, but in this groundbreaking book positive emotions expert Barbara Fredrickson shows us how much. Even more than happiness and optimism, love holds the key to improving our mental and physical health as well as lengthening our lives. Using research from her own lab, Fredrickson redefines love not as a stable behemoth, but as micro-moments of connection between people - even strangers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I appreciate the poetry.
- By A Partner in Crime... on 02-14-16
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The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
- By: Amit Sood MD MSc
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Have you ever driven several miles without noticing anything on the road or read a page in a book without registering any of it? Do the day's worries and disappointments crowd your mind as you're trying to fall asleep at night? Do you feel stressed much of the time and aren't sure how to find peace? In this book Amit Sood, MD, MSc, a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness generate stress and anxiety and presents strategies for living a more peaceful life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Put me to sleep
- By michael on 09-25-16
By: Amit Sood MD MSc