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More About This Title Mindfulness Pocketbook - Little exercises for aCalmer life
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Gill Hasson, author of the bestselling Mindfulness is back and this time you can fit her advice in your pocket! This little book is packed with over 100 quick exercises, each dealing with a different situation, to help you get calm, collected, and balanced. So whenever you start to feel the stress mounting, reach for your Mindfulness Pocketbook, find the relevant exercise and instantly make life better!
So if you feel like life is moving too fast and you're struggling to keep up with constant demands and commitments, don't let anxiety and worry get the better of you — integrate these mindfulness exercises, practices, and reflections into your daily life and get in control and feel more confident, calm, and present. By progressing through the pocketbook, you will develop mindful ways of thinking and doing that will benefit a wide range of situations in your personal, social, and work life.
Slow down, take a deep breath, and take that step toward an easier and more manageable life. The Mindfulness Pocketbook will help you:
- Move in the direction of greater calm, balance, and wellbeing
- Increase your insight and awareness
- Break free from unhelpful thoughts and thinking patterns, feel more confident, and have better self-esteem
- Be more able to manage other people's demands, stress, anxiety, and worry
Experts increasingly recognise that developing mindfulness skills is an effective way to improve performance, reduce stress, enhance emotional intelligence, increase life satisfaction, and develop leadership skills. A mindful person consciously brings awareness to the here-and-now with openness, interest, and receptiveness. Mindfulness Pocketbook is the take-with-you guide to receptive, constructive thinking.
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She is a freelance journalist and writes articles on personal development and relationships for a variety of magazines, including Psychologies and Take A Break, and for a number of websites.
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Introduction 1
1. Creating a Mindfulness Habit 4
2. Bringing Out Your Confidence 6
3. Carrying Yourself With Confidence 8
4. Developing Your Ability to ‘Read’ Others 10
5. Keeping on Top When the Pressure Is On 12
6. Using Your Breath 14
7. Managing Interruptions 16
8. Being Spiritually Aware 18
9. Listening Instead of Just Hearing 20
10. Having a Beginner’s Mind 22
11. Slowing Down 24
12. Gaining a Sense of Perspective 26
13. Finding a Way to Forgive 28
14. Taking Mouthfuls of Mindfulness 30
15. Acknowledging and Being Aware 32
16. Optimizing Your Time 34
17. Falling Asleep 36
18. Being Generous 38
19. Focusing Your Multi-Tasking 40
20. Tuning into Your Intuition 42
21. Asserting Yourself and Saying No 44
22. Accepting This is What It Is 46
23. Overcoming Cravings 48
24. Problem Solving with Creative Thinking 50
25. Letting Go of Worry and Anxiety 52
26. Making Small Talk 54
27. Making Balanced Decisions 56
28. Putting Jealousy Behind You 58
29. Spending Time with Positive People 60
30. Holding Back from Overeating 62
31. Being Non-Judgemental 64
32. Doing Work that Matches Your Values 66
33. Building Your Courage 68
34. Being Persuasive 70
35. Commuting: Taking It in Your Stride 72
36. Taking Control of Anger 74
37. Dealing with Rudeness 76
38. Understanding Where Your Food Comes From 78
39. Understanding That All Things Come and Go 80
40. Switching Off the Engine of Your Mind 82
41. Building Up Your Willpower 84
42. Practising Compassion 86
43. Meeting Deadlines 88
44. Having Patience in the Unfolding of Events 90
45. Managing Distractions 92
46. Being Thankful 94
47. Giving Compliments 96
48. Cooking and Connecting With Food 98
49. Banishing Boredom 100
50. Managing Moments of Loneliness 102
51. Performing Spontaneous Acts of Kindness 104
52. Focusing and Engaging Your Attention 106
53. Managing Change 108
54. Knowing When to Start Over 110
Conclusion 112
About the Author 113
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"Mindfulness Pocketbook is a valuable tool with advice and exercises that will help you not only in your personal life but your business one as well" (Entrepreneur Middle East, October 2015)
