Tominey, Shauna
Summary: Young children can surprise us with tough questions. Tominey's essential guide teaches us how to answer them and foster compassion along the way. If you had to choose one word to describe the world you want children to grow up in, what would it be? Safe? Understanding? Resilient? Compassionate? As parents and caregivers of young children, we know what we want for our children, but not always...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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Summary: "A book that teaches readers how to silence self-criticism and replace it with self-compassion in order to fulfill our highest potential and live happier, more fulfilled lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2011
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Summary: "Attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) and self-compassion experts Mark Bertin and Karen Bluth bring teens powerful skills for overcoming self-criticism and building the executive functioning skills they need to become more confident, resilient, and independent. The book includes mindfulness tools to help teens accept the limitations of ADHD, and self-compassion strategies to help them stop...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2021
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 155.2 BERLadner, Lorne.
Summary: Draws on Buddhist traditions and modern psychology to present ways in which readers can develop compassion, joy, and contentment in the face of a busy lifestyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 LADShapiro, Shauna L.
Summary: "When mindfulness is oversimplified, it loses its radical transformational power. This book clarifies the subtleties. Mindfulness is more than just paying attention. HOW you pay attention -with kindness-is where the magic is. Many people have trouble with mindfulness because they're beating themselves up with self-criticism and judgment. If you practice mindfulness without kindness, you limit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 SHAGoldstein, Elisha
Summary: Goldstein believes that overcoming depression and uncovering happiness is in harnessing our brain's own natural antidepressant power and ultimately creating a more resilient antidepressant brain. In seven simple steps, she shows you how to take back control of your mind, your mood, and your life --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 GOLDBluth, Karen
Summary: "Teens can be extremely self-critical, and are often nicer to others than they are to themselves. In The Self-Compassionate Teen, psychologist Karen Bluth offers powerful, everyday self-compassion and mindfulness tools to help teen readers overcome self-judgment, stop comparing themselves to others, and cultivate the courage to be themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2020
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Summary: "I yelled at the kids again--and feel so ashamed." "I barely have time to shower, let alone exercise; no wonder I'm so out of shape." "I'm just not the dad I hoped I would be." Parenting is hard. That's why self-compassion is so important. In this empathic resource, mindfulness expert and psychologist Susan M. Pollak helps you let go of constant self-judgment and treat yourself with the same...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Guilford Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 POLSummary: A discussion between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and psychologist Paul Ekman on the differences between Eastern and Western views on human emotions and the connections that exist between science and spirituality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 EMOBarasch, Marc.
Contents: The circle of compassion -- Roots, branches, and the clear blue sky -- Empathy: you in me, me in you -- Street retreat: the debt of love -- The good eye -- Heart science, heart's mystery -- The giveaway -- The altruist -- The elixir of forgiveness -- Loving the monster -- Another little peace of the heart -- The beloved community -- All my relations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.7 BARSmith, Fran
Summary: "There's a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice care-nearly 44 percent of all deaths-and a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospiceis now a $14 billion business and one of the most successful segments in health care. Changing the Way We Die, by award-winning journalists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pgw 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 SMIGermer, Christopher K.
Summary: Publisher's description -- The psychological benefits of mindfulness are well established. Yet for people who struggle with difficult emotions like anxiety, guilt, anger, loneliness, sadness, or low self-esteem, mindfulness practices can be enhanced by adding a simple yet powerful ingredient: self-compassion. Without it, we all too often respond to emotional suffering with self-criticism,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guilford Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.4 GERMarsico, Katie
Summary: "Early readers are introduced to a foundation of daily mindfulness practices in the My Mindful Day series. Compassion explores the importance of dealing with pain and being kind to others. This engaging early approach to mindfulness helps readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Each book in this series includes a table of contents, glossary, index, and an author biography"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "A neuroscience-based view that argues not only that empathy is necessary for our personal happiness and planetary survival, but its essential components, how to gain them, and how to use them in any circumstance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 2018
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Summary: "After author John Baugher's mother was murdered in 1987, he felt that he was fated to join her killer in life imprisonment--not behind bars, but behind psychological walls of unresolved grief and anger. Baugher turned to hospice volunteering as a way tochannel his experience, marking the beginning of a twenty-five year journey of exploration--in both public hospices and prison hospice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 BAULeloup, Jean-Yves.
Contents: Pt. 1. The way of meditation. Zen and Hesychasm -- Transmission : the Samaritan woman -- The practice of Hesychast meditation : posture, orientation, breathing, invocation, centered in the heart -- Pt. 2. The way of compassion. What is a bodhisattva? -- The Dhammapada and the Gospels -- The vow of compassion -- The practice of compassion -- Impurities of the mind -- The five motivations : the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inner Traditions 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.2 LELPreece, Rob.
Contents: The awakening warrior -- Bodhichitta -- The cultivation of bodhichitta -- Preparing the ground -- Equanimity -- Finding the capacity to care -- Remembering their kindness -- Repaying their kindness -- Exchanging self with others -- The practice of tonglen -- The supreme wish -- The awakening mind -- The paradox of awakening -- Our place in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Snow Lion Publications 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 PREWalker, Val.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.7 WALArmstrong, Karen
Summary: Taking as her starting point the teachings of the great world religions, Karen Armstrong demonstrates in twelve practical steps how we can bring compassion to the forefront of our lives. Armstrong argues that compassion is inseparable from humanity, and by transcending the limitations of selfishness on a daily basis we will not only make a difference in the world but also lead happier, more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help ArmstrongBrach, Tara.
Summary: Combining the principles of psychotherapy with the teachings of Buddhism, this guide explains how to eliminate the personal conflicts and feelings of not being good enough that can cause such problems as addiction, overwork, and perfectionism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2003
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Summary: "The author of the international bestseller Happiness makes a passionate case for altruism--and why we need it now more than ever,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 RICYates, Culadasa John
Summary: Providing step-by-step guidance for every stage of the meditation path, this uniquely comprehensive guide for a Western audience combines the wisdom from the teachings of the Buddha with the latest research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Clear and friendly, this in-depth practice manual builds on the nine-stage model of meditation originally articulated by the ancient Indian sage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dharma Treasure Press 2015
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Summary: Real Happiness at Work brings the profound benefits of meditation to an area where people could use it most--the workplace. And it's written by one of the world's leading meditation teachers. A follow-up to Real Happiness, the New York Times bestseller, Sharon Salzberg's Real Happiness at Work is a practical guide to improving work life through mindfulness, compassion, and ingenuity. It's about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "...explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020