Dang Nghiem
Summary: Learn the accessible and deeply compassionate practices for healing trauma, known as the Five Strengths of applied Zen Buddhism. More than a philosophy, these body-based practices are backed by modern neuroscience research, and they can be applied by anyone suffering from trauma to begin experiencing relief. Mindfulness teacher Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, is an inspiration for anyone who has ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2021
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Summary: "The distractions of modern life vie for our attention, pulling us in many directions and interfering with our ability to focus. We are losing our capacity to concentrate, and with it our ability to be fully present, to have sovereignty over our life, and to be at our best for ourselves, each other, and the world. In inspiring passages and simple yet profound meditations, Thich Nhat Hanh guides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2022
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Summary: Shares mindfulness activities that teach children how to focus their thoughts and pay attention, with care, to one moment at a time, including breathing exercises, moving the body to unwind stress, and taking a walk in the woods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Mindful KinderGianferrari, Maria
Summary: "Join a young child and their dog as they experience every minute of the day to its fullest from the second they wake up to the moment they fall asleep. Readers will love barking, wagging, and sniffing along with the gentle cues in the book."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to respond to difficult people with more clarity and wisdom. It will help you explore your reactions, break free from knee-jerk response patterns and find out how these people can become useful teachers in life--troublesome Buddhas. In this book Mark Westmoquette draws on personal experiences of profound tragedy. He stresses that the only way to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins 2021
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Summary: Offers an integrated approach to healing from trauma. Helps you to take control of your own healing and reclaim wholeness with movement, mindfulness, and nutrition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: "I've got a puppy running around inside my head. His name is Ollie. Sometimes my puppy is quiet, curious, or scared. And sometimes he is excited . . . a little too excited! When that happens, I get overwhelmed. So, what's a puppy--and an anxious kid--to do? Author Elise Gravel helps children identify and cope with anxiety in a calming, mindful way." -- publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 158.1 GRAClarke, Zee
Summary: This practical guide features thirty-three mindfulness exercises centered on healing for the Black community, each focusing on the systemic challenges that people of color face and designed to deal with the emotions these experiences create.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.8 CLAStoddard, Jill A.
Summary: Anxiety is rampant in our fast-paced, high-tech, overwhelming society--and women are twice as likely as men to suffer from anxiety-related issues. In this empowering guide, women will find practical tools and experiential exercises based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help them mindfully conquer anxieties, worries, and fears--and live mightily.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.46 STOSalzberg, Sharon
Summary: A complete guide to starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, and based on three key skills--concentration, mindfulness, and lovingkindness--it's a practice that can transform lives by building greater resiliency, creativity, peace, clarity, and balance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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Summary: "Introduce children to the tools they need to self-soothe with this calming book, filled with simple yoga and mindful breathing exercises."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Priddy Books 2021
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Summary: "Romanticize your life anywhere. The Cottage Fairy Companion helps readers open their eyes to the everyday magic right in front of them. It gives a new perspective by revealing the lessons nature teaches about finding beauty through the good times and the bad. Everyone from--city-dwellers to country bobkins--can find delight in this book. It shows that you do not need a cottage in the rustic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Pear Press 2022
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Summary: Shelly Tygielski shows that self-care can be a powerful tool for spurring transformative collective action. She shares her evolution from a Jerusalem-born child of traditional Sephardic Jewish parents to a middle-class American suburban youth who questioned her faith to a young executive in corporate America. As she used radical self-care practices to manage a serious chronic health issue, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Is there a reason sloths are always smiling? Yes! They've mastered the art of living slow in a world whose pace is making everyone crazy. Along with being the "it" animal--"sloths are the new kittens" (Washington Post)--the sloth clearly has much to teach us about how to live"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2018
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Summary: Black women often feel intense pressure to be strong and to do it all for others. But at what cost? In this empowering guide, Black psychologist and registered nurse Cheryl Woods Giscombe introduces the innovative, research-based superwoman schema (SWS) framework--five core beliefs that drive Black women's stress--and provides self-care practices grounded in mindfulness and self-compassion to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 GISKludje, Sicgmone
Summary: Knitting (Conscious Crafts) is a contemporary craft project book presenting over 20 projects for beginners. In Knitting (Conscious Crafts), co-founders of the Black Girl Knit Club unpick the meditative nature of the knitting process and its empowering skill set for creating, well-being and mindfulness. Making is mindfulness made practical, and knitting is an iconic craft proven to have a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Leaping Hare Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 KLUGillihan, Seth
Summary: "Psychologist Dr. Seth J. Gillihan offers a transformative guide for incorporating mindfulness and spirituality into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), equipping us to combat anxiety, depression, and negative thinking and find deep, lasting healing and peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: "Relationships are usually the most important part of a person's life. But they're often stressful and frustrating, or simply awkward, distant, and lonely. We feel the weight of things unsaid, needs unmet, conflicts unresolved. It's easy to feel stuck. But actually, new research shows that we create our relationships with our thoughts and words, giving us the ability to improve them-as long as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2023
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Summary: "The Lost Art of Silence encourages us to embrace this pursuit and allow the warm light of silence to glow. Invoking the wisdom of many of the greatest writers, thinkers, contemplatives, historians, musicians, and artists, Sarah Anderson reveals the sublime nature of quiet that's all too often undervalued. Throughout, she shares her own penetrating insights into the potential for silence to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2023
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Summary: "A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety. Anyone who struggles with overeating knows what it's like to feel out of control-and to feel the guilt attached to it. While ordinary anxiety feels like something that happens to us, the siren song of food cravings feels like something we should be able to control....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024
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Summary: "In our fast-paced, tech-obsessed lives, rarely do we pay genuine, close attention to one another. With all that's going on in the world, and the never-ending demands of our daily lives, most of us are too stressed and preoccupied with our own thoughts and worries to be able to really listen to each other for long. Often, we seem to somehow "miss" each other, misunderstand each other, or talk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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Summary: Michelle Babb educates you in the art and science of intuitive, intentional eating. By slowing down and eating mindfully, your body will start to perform optimally. You'll reduce binge and emotional eating, which will help you achieve and maintain your healthiest weight. She also provides 30 easy vegetarian recipes which are designed to spark each of your senses. -- adapted from back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 BABGoleman, Daniel
Summary: "WHY WE MEDITATE by Daniel Goleman, the New York Times-bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and many other books, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche, an internationally recognized and beloved spiritual guide in the Tibetan Buddhist community, presents scientifically backed and time-proven Eastern meditation practices that offer an antidote to the forces of frenzy and stress that awash us"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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Summary: Our toxic thoughts, depression and anxiety are frequently aggravated by our chaotic world, and they are sustained by an inability to manage our thought life. The author provides a 5-step, 63-day plan, the Neurocycle, to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2021