"A landmark work of social psychology" (Booklist) now in paperback at a popular price. " . . . Harvard psychology professor Langer seeks to dramatize the rigid conditions and mindsets that often produce a pervasive state of automatized stupidity . . . (and) proposes a life-enhancing alternative."--Kirkus Reviews.

MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that can be incorporated into daily life to help break the cycle of unhappiness, stress, anxiety and mental exhaustion and promote genuine joie de vivre. It's the kind of happiness that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life can throw at you with new courage. The boo...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly The mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life, contends Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, in this thought-provoking study in which she "translates" for lay readers the findings of her research, much of it among the elderly. With anecdotes and metaphors, she explains how t...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly The mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life, contends Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, in this thought-provoking study in which she "translates" for lay readers the findings of her research, much of it among the elderly. With anecdotes and metaphors, she explains how t...(展开全部)

"A landmark work of social psychology" (Booklist) now in paperback at a popular price. " . . . Harvard psychology professor Langer seeks to dramatize the rigid conditions and mindsets that often produce a pervasive state of automatized stupidity . . . (and) proposes a life-enhancing alternative."--Kirkus Reviews.

乔·卡巴金博士，生于l941年，美国麻省理工学院分子生物学博士、美国麻州大学医学院的荣誉教授，也是禅修指导师、畅销书作家。乔•卡巴金，毕生致力将正念禅引入主流医疗界，是整合佛教禅修和现代医疗方法的创发者之一。他从1979年开始在麻州大学医学院开设减压诊所，并设计了“正念减压”课程（Mindfulness—Based StressReduction，MBSR），协助病人以正念禅修处理压力、疼痛和疾病，获得多方肯定。30多年来，卡巴金博士创发的“正念减压疗法”已被医疗、学校、企业、监狱等机构广为应用，目前美、加等地约有200多家医疗院所和相关机构都运用正念减压疗法帮助病人。卡巴金博士对灵性疗愈的贡献良多，获奖无数，他亦为精神与生命研究所（Mind and Life Institute）的董事，协助推动佛教界领袖与西方科学家的对话与交流，以期更深刻探索人类...(展开全部)

What if depression could lead to positive change? Written by acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) cofounder Kirk Strosahl and Patricia Robinson, this revised edition of the best-selling classic, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression includes updated research on self-compassion, mindfulness, and neuroscience to help you live a more meaningful life. If you suf...(展开全部)

There are hundreds of books on the market that try to help readers 'overcome' or 'put a stop to' depression. But what if depression isn't a 'thing' to be gotten rid of? What if depression is a behaviour that, in the context of the life of someone who is depressed, serves an important function or acts as a signal that something needs to change? Learning to understand the functio...(展开全部)

What if depression could lead to positive change? Written by acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) cofounder Kirk Strosahl and Patricia Robinson, this revised edition of the best-selling classic, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression includes updated research on self-compassion, mindfulness, and neuroscience to help you live a more meaningful life. If you suf...(展开全部)