The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

by Mark Williams DPhil, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal

The revolutionary book that has helped hundreds of thousands of readers find relief from chronic unhappiness is now in a revised and updated second edition. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is grounded in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, a clinically proven approach. The expert authors explain why our usual attempts to "fix" sadness or "just stop thinking about it" can actually worsen depression, instead of relieving it. Through vivid stories and downloadable audio meditations encouragingly narrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the book shows how you can break the mental habits that lead to despair--and recover a sense of joy, aliveness, and possibility. Revised throughout to be even more reader friendly, the second edition features fresh insights on coping with the challenges of our ever-changing world, the latest scientific data, and four additional audio tracks.

See also the authors' Mindful Way Workbook, which provides step-by-step guidance for building your mindfulness practice in 8 weeks. Plus, mental health professionals, see also the authors' bestselling therapy Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

270 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2024

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

The self-help-y jargon is fairly minimal (whew), though it does crop up from time to time, but there are definitely enough pieces of wisdom here to make it worthwhile to navigate through that stuff. And, as with lots of mindful-based books, just the process of listening to this and having it there in the back of my mind does help me to be more mindful in general.

The audiobook isn't done particularly well--the narrator is fine, but there are references to listening to parts of the CD, which was originally included with this book I suppose. Perhaps they have an updated audiobook, or will at some point...

[Cat Lem · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good content with evidence-based guidance on mindfulness. Though I thought it was an awfully long and repetitive read, I guess it’s fine for someone who’s new to mindfulness. I personally felt like I was reading the same chapter all over again but in a slightly different formulation. I ended up skimming a lot of parts near the end, but still a good read overall.

[Nell Rudoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was overall very helpful and tangible for a general audience. I thought it got repetitive towards the end.