Professor Mark Williams is Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford University and former director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. He co-developed mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), is co-author of the international bestseller Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world and The Mindful Way Through Depression, and author of Cry of Pain: Understanding suicide and the suicidal mind. Dr Danny Penman is the bestselling author of Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world, co-written with Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, and co-author of Mindfulness for Health with Vidyamala Burch. He is a qualified mindfulness teacher who first learned to meditate when he was 16. He is also a feature and comment writer for the Daily Mail, having previously worked for the Independent and the BBC. Danny has hosted mindfulness seminars for directors and senior figures from many leading companies. He is a frequent commentator on mindfulness for the BBC and various national newspapers.
They've done it again! Read this book as if your life depended on
it
*Ruby Wax*
This book walks you gently through the beautiful, messy process of
being human, and teaches you how and why all can be well
*Sir Kenneth Branagh*
Williams and Penman nail it when they describe how we can run from
life (and ourselves) but we'll never escape. DEEPER MINDFULNESS
holds true to its name: the authors expertly point out how to
identify those critical driving forces in our lives - feelings, and
how feelings feel - but importantly have provided a pragmatic path
and clear steps that we can take to leverage our minds to live
better lives. Based in deep wisdom and written with compassion
*Judson Brewer MD PhD, New York Times Bestselling Author of
UNWINDING ANXIETY and THE CRAVING MIND*
This fascinating book is crucial reading for all of us, especially
at this time of global mental health crisis. It is a valuable
resource for anyone who is struggling with stress, depression or
anxiety, or who simply wants to live a more mindful and fulfilling
life.
*Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive
Neuroscience, University of Cambridge and award-winning author of
INVENTING OURSELVES: THE SECRET LIFE OF THE TEENAGE BRAIN*
This book is a remarkable combination of engaging stories, grounded
scholarship, and powerful practices that conveys the power of
mindfulness. The writing feels fresh and the meditations are spot
on. As a clinician who teaches about trauma and meditation, I can
also wholeheartedly recommend this work to anyone struggling with
stress. It's a book I've been waiting for, could hardly put down,
and know will benefit countless people in the years to come
*David Treleaven, PhD, author of TRAUMA-SENSITIVE MINDFULNESS:
PRACTICES FOR SAFE AND TRANSFORMATIVE HEALING*
The science of mindfulness has come of age ... Mark Williams and
Danny Penman write with a voice that is authoritative, imbued with
warmth and whispers inspiration. It is accessible and engaging,
while drawing extensively on the foundations of Buddhist and
contemporary psychology and the very best mindfulness research and
practice. It is easy to understand why their first book,
MINDFULNESS: FINDING PEACE IN A FRANTIC WORLD, is the bestselling
book on mindfulness. This is a much-needed extension for all those
who wish to go deeper
*Willem Kuyken, Ritblat Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological
Science, University of Oxford*
This brilliant, powerful, and important book offers a resilient
inner peace for troubled times. Each moment is a tipping point
toward happiness or suffering. The key is to experience life's
pleasures and pains without getting hijacked by them - and the
authors show us how. Their evidence-based approach is both simple
and profound, structured and spacious, and practical and heartfelt.
You feel their friendly calm guidance in every page, with gentle
humour, many examples, guided experiential practices, and numerous
effective suggestions. They take mindfulness to a whole new level,
and bring you with them each wonderful step of the way.
*Rick Hanson, author of BUDDHA'S BRAIN: THE PRACTICAL NEUROSCIENCE
OF HAPPINESS, LOVE, AND WISDOM*
A soothing companion to guide you through stressful times.
Thoroughly researched and a joy to read. If you are looking for the
practical steps that will help you feel calm, that work even when
the world continues to storm around you . . . buy this book
*Dr Sophie Mort, The Sunday Times Bestselling author of A MANUAL
FOR BEING HUMAN*
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