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Tiempo de Mirar
Cómo vencer la ansiedad a través de la meditación
La ansiedad es un estado que muchos conocemos bien, una maraña de nudos que no es fácil desenredar. Richard Gilpin nos guía en este libro en la transformadora práctica de la meditación en conciencia plena para alcanzar un mejor entendimiento de nuestra mente y dejar atrás la ansiedad.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published October 17, 2018
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May 22, 2018
I'm someone who has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and always looking for good books that can give me support with this. This is one of those books!
It focuses on what anxiety it and how to overcome it but most of all how to embrace it, objectively observe what is going on inside your mind and how your body reacts. It's a lovely little book giving lots of tips and advice. Mindfullness is one of the go to practices these days for support and for me works much better than anything else I've tried and this book, for me this book is an extra tool for my armoury of help.
The author also adds his own story which makes the book more personal and, while I would never wish anxiety on anyone, I think it's always a good thing when an author can talk to me about this illness because he can empathically understand and not because they have done a course in the subject. It gives the book an extra layer.
Really enjoyed this and would recommend to friends with similar issues
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It focuses on what anxiety it and how to overcome it but most of all how to embrace it, objectively observe what is going on inside your mind and how your body reacts. It's a lovely little book giving lots of tips and advice. Mindfullness is one of the go to practices these days for support and for me works much better than anything else I've tried and this book, for me this book is an extra tool for my armoury of help.
The author also adds his own story which makes the book more personal and, while I would never wish anxiety on anyone, I think it's always a good thing when an author can talk to me about this illness because he can empathically understand and not because they have done a course in the subject. It gives the book an extra layer.
Really enjoyed this and would recommend to friends with similar issues
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October 25, 2021
Helpful, thank you Richard Gilpin!
July 5, 2018
Thank you to Quatro Publishing and Netgalley for a complementary reading copy of this book in return for my honest review.
This was a great little book, that was very easy to read. It gave a good over view of mindfulness and the importance of not abiding by the McMindfulness sold In today’s society, but rather to have a clear understanding of what one values and how to in accordance to these values; to be mindful of how and why we act the way we do. The book follows the basis of Buddhist teaching without specifically referring to these ways of living as being Related to Buddha until about 3/4 the way through.
I Believe this easily accessible book will resonate well with many as it is full of wisdom for living a good life every day, one breath and space at a time.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this great book.
This was a great little book, that was very easy to read. It gave a good over view of mindfulness and the importance of not abiding by the McMindfulness sold In today’s society, but rather to have a clear understanding of what one values and how to in accordance to these values; to be mindful of how and why we act the way we do. The book follows the basis of Buddhist teaching without specifically referring to these ways of living as being Related to Buddha until about 3/4 the way through.
I Believe this easily accessible book will resonate well with many as it is full of wisdom for living a good life every day, one breath and space at a time.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this great book.
March 6, 2021
A lovely little book with lots of tips and ideas about how to deal with your anxiety.
It's a dip in sort of book - you don't have to read it chapter by chapter, just dip into the part you feel is most appropriate for how you're feeling at this moment.
A book you will return to again and again.
It's a dip in sort of book - you don't have to read it chapter by chapter, just dip into the part you feel is most appropriate for how you're feeling at this moment.
A book you will return to again and again.
April 10, 2018
This is a book which is written straight from the author's heart.
I found the style very approachable and the content useful as well as immediately applicable. The author has personal and professional experience with anxiety and that shows in the way he writes and the way he approaches the problem.
A must read if you suffer from anxiety, even occasionally.
I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
I found the style very approachable and the content useful as well as immediately applicable. The author has personal and professional experience with anxiety and that shows in the way he writes and the way he approaches the problem.
A must read if you suffer from anxiety, even occasionally.
I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
May 5, 2018
A very useful book for helping to keep anxiety at bay. It's well written and full of sound advice.
Strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Quarto Publishing Books and Netgalley
Strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Quarto Publishing Books and Netgalley
July 23, 2020
Easy to read and fairly informative but I felt it didn't quite live up to its initial potential. I enjoyed the first half but I felt it got a little abstract towards the end. I was hoping for a few more practical tips; there were some mindfulness exercises but I didn't feel like I got a lot of actual tools to take forward. Having a substantial knowledge of Buddhism already, I didn't really gain a lot from the information about that. I liked the openness from the author though and his numerous real-life examples.
February 22, 2017
Nice and simple book. Like the way it was written as easy to read while on travel.
April 9, 2018
'The word 'anxiety derives from the Latin anxietas, meaning 'troubled in mind'.'
The book focuses on what anxiety it and how to overcome it but most of all how to embrace it, how to stand back and observe what is going on inside your mind and how your body reacts to the anxiety.
One quote that I strongly related to was this:
'The mind becomes possesd by the vague ideas of things bring, or going wrong.'
In one chapter the author discusses writing down dreams in a journal to see, writing down every aspect of what we saw including colours. I haven't tried this but I know writing in a journal from time to time does sometimes make me feel lighter.
'You might feel lighter if you didn't carry all your baggage around with you'
It's a lovely little book giving lots of tips and advice. What I loved most was the history and how anxiety has changed in a way from a fight for survival, of being in danger to social situations and worrying about the future. How we don't take notice of the now and that we are always focusing on the 'what next'. It asks us to take notice of things like opening the door, what we see walking down the street. There's some suggestions in the book on how people have coped, like a man who over works, staples pages in his diary for breaks so he can't book people in, I quite like that idea. The author called it 'gifting space to oneself' now for me I've been trying to have time reading for say an hour a day or to go for a walk at least once a day. Sometimes I find this really difficult and then others I can be sat reading for hours. For leaving the house it takes a while to motivate myself but once I'm out I wonder why I worried so much.
“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.”
― Honoré de Balzac
The author gives examples of when he has struggled and as he puts it 'drowns in his own deluge'. Why do our minds do this? why do we become swamped by these thoughts? and that's why we need to focus on the present from time to time and as the author says focus on the activity and its ending. rather than what we are going to do next. This is not easy as I have tried but will be trying to put it into practice more in the future, along with noticing my breathing from time to time. In the end as the author says in today's world we think happiness can only be found in wealth and other unimportant things and encourages what we don't have yet instead of valuing what we have right now. One thing I try to keep reminding myself of.
The book focuses on what anxiety it and how to overcome it but most of all how to embrace it, how to stand back and observe what is going on inside your mind and how your body reacts to the anxiety.
One quote that I strongly related to was this:
'The mind becomes possesd by the vague ideas of things bring, or going wrong.'
In one chapter the author discusses writing down dreams in a journal to see, writing down every aspect of what we saw including colours. I haven't tried this but I know writing in a journal from time to time does sometimes make me feel lighter.
'You might feel lighter if you didn't carry all your baggage around with you'
It's a lovely little book giving lots of tips and advice. What I loved most was the history and how anxiety has changed in a way from a fight for survival, of being in danger to social situations and worrying about the future. How we don't take notice of the now and that we are always focusing on the 'what next'. It asks us to take notice of things like opening the door, what we see walking down the street. There's some suggestions in the book on how people have coped, like a man who over works, staples pages in his diary for breaks so he can't book people in, I quite like that idea. The author called it 'gifting space to oneself' now for me I've been trying to have time reading for say an hour a day or to go for a walk at least once a day. Sometimes I find this really difficult and then others I can be sat reading for hours. For leaving the house it takes a while to motivate myself but once I'm out I wonder why I worried so much.
“Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.”
― Honoré de Balzac
The author gives examples of when he has struggled and as he puts it 'drowns in his own deluge'. Why do our minds do this? why do we become swamped by these thoughts? and that's why we need to focus on the present from time to time and as the author says focus on the activity and its ending. rather than what we are going to do next. This is not easy as I have tried but will be trying to put it into practice more in the future, along with noticing my breathing from time to time. In the end as the author says in today's world we think happiness can only be found in wealth and other unimportant things and encourages what we don't have yet instead of valuing what we have right now. One thing I try to keep reminding myself of.
March 5, 2025
No lo puedo evitar, me leí este libro del tirón justo después de terminar el anterior (Música y meditación) y apenas me duró unos pocos días. Decir primero que el autor es terapeuta (y practicante de meditación), así que sabe de lo que habla, y se nota.
En el primer capítulo nos explica que es la ansiedad, de qué o cómo surge y nos propone alguna actividad para saber o reconocer cuales son nuestros desencadenantes y como la sentimos en el cuerpo cuando nos llega. De hecho, también en un pequeño recuadro nos expone brevemente los tipos de ansiedad que hay (desde el trastorno generalizado a la agorafobia, a la ansiedad social o al trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo).
Muy habitual en la meditación o en la conciencia plena es no juzgar los pensamientos que lleguen y no reprimirlos, sino observarlos (poco a poco lo voy consiguiendo en mi caso), y pone una alegoría bastante buena: los que observan los trenes. No intentan frenarlos, acelerarlos, pararlos, cambiarlos... solo observan los detalles de como vienen y van, los vagones (lo que representa la mente y sus complejos pensamientos variantes), lo que transportan... Y me ha gustado.
En uno de los capítulos finales le dedica una crítica muy sincera y directa a "la industria del mindfulness", que se ha separado totalmente de su esencia y es lo que provoca que a veces rechace 'el mindfulness' cuando sale en libros masivos, vendehúmos, influencers, empresas, charlas de coaching... porque no han entendido nada.
Citando del libro respecto a esta crítica:
->"Todo cuanto se pone de moda es susceptible de diluirse y corromperse."
->"Vaciada de sentido, desollada de buena voluntad, la conciencia plena utilizada con fines explotadores o agresivos sólo tiene de mindfulness el nombre. Esto resalta lo fácil que es malinterpretar la sutil y polifacética naturaleza de su práctica."
En general he subrayado un montón de cosas. Lo recomiendo mucho <3
En el primer capítulo nos explica que es la ansiedad, de qué o cómo surge y nos propone alguna actividad para saber o reconocer cuales son nuestros desencadenantes y como la sentimos en el cuerpo cuando nos llega. De hecho, también en un pequeño recuadro nos expone brevemente los tipos de ansiedad que hay (desde el trastorno generalizado a la agorafobia, a la ansiedad social o al trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo).
Muy habitual en la meditación o en la conciencia plena es no juzgar los pensamientos que lleguen y no reprimirlos, sino observarlos (poco a poco lo voy consiguiendo en mi caso), y pone una alegoría bastante buena: los que observan los trenes. No intentan frenarlos, acelerarlos, pararlos, cambiarlos... solo observan los detalles de como vienen y van, los vagones (lo que representa la mente y sus complejos pensamientos variantes), lo que transportan... Y me ha gustado.
En uno de los capítulos finales le dedica una crítica muy sincera y directa a "la industria del mindfulness", que se ha separado totalmente de su esencia y es lo que provoca que a veces rechace 'el mindfulness' cuando sale en libros masivos, vendehúmos, influencers, empresas, charlas de coaching... porque no han entendido nada.
Citando del libro respecto a esta crítica:
->"Todo cuanto se pone de moda es susceptible de diluirse y corromperse."
->"Vaciada de sentido, desollada de buena voluntad, la conciencia plena utilizada con fines explotadores o agresivos sólo tiene de mindfulness el nombre. Esto resalta lo fácil que es malinterpretar la sutil y polifacética naturaleza de su práctica."
En general he subrayado un montón de cosas. Lo recomiendo mucho <3
May 16, 2020
Review - I enjoyed the first half of this book more than the second half. I actually found the second part quite hard-going. The first couple of chapters discuss the background to anxiety including where it comes from and why we might feel it, as well as offering some helpful hints and tips on recognising it and different ways you might handle it. There are also personal stories from the author, showing real life instances where anxiety takes over, as I'm sure everyone has felt at least once in the lives, though some of us experience it far more than others. I have a very good friend who has helped me a lot over the years in coping with my anxiety, and even though he no longer lives close he still offers me assistance when I need it. This book offers some background that allowed me to see things in a slightly different way, but it is discussing my anxiety with my friends that really helps me to deal with it and get a different perspective. I suppose this book opened my eyes to that.
General Subject/s? - Mindfulness / Anxiety / Health & Wellbeing
Recommend? – Maybe
Rating - 14/20
General Subject/s? - Mindfulness / Anxiety / Health & Wellbeing
Recommend? – Maybe
Rating - 14/20
May 4, 2018
Richard Gilpin is so wise. This book is beautiful, his words are beautiful and his meditation exercises are brilliant. I teach movement and have a guided meditation at the end of my class. I have read out 'developing loving kindness' so far which is a meditation on applying the love you feel for other people to yourself and then to the world. Someone who was having a hard day started crying but actually found it very releasing. I also used his 'containing catastrophe' exercise (where you imagine the absolutely worst thing that can happen) to advise a friend who had a difficult decision to make and I have been using his weather reports exercise with my children and their stormy feelings. This book isn't just a series of exercises, Gilpin has such an appreciation for life and he reminds the reader to take pleasure in moments of small wonder and to embrace just being. This really is a treasure.
November 6, 2019
Gave me better understanding about what I go through with my everyday anxiety and ways to "unravel" it. The writing felt supportive, like someone who truly wanted to help with grace and patience. It was comforting and reassuring.
January 24, 2021
Not bad. Mostly stuff I knew but it’s nice to reread it.
April 14, 2021
really well written, researched and incredibly insightful
October 5, 2021
A good read.
November 30, 2022
I learned some great lessons from this book and really found the exercises and areas to write in quite helpful
April 17, 2017
A simple book to read and easy to understand. Recommend to read it while travelling. But it isn't abstract and in-depth enough for those who wish to know more about mindfulness.
July 16, 2018
Anxiety is something many of us experience at some stage in our lives.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is on the increase with as many as 1 in 25 people affected in the UK alone.
This book is design to help untangle all the threads of anxiety that overtake many people, and it delves into ways people can break their bonds that are suffo9cating them. It explores the better understanding of the root of the problem – the mind.
Richard Gilpin shares very personal anecdotes and therapeutic insights, revealing how mindfulness can create a path through anxiety.
This is a very interesting book to read. Anxiety can be a debilitating condition and with Richard Gilpin's exploration through the world of anxiety, we can all help to move past and through this disorder and have some healing.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is on the increase with as many as 1 in 25 people affected in the UK alone.
This book is design to help untangle all the threads of anxiety that overtake many people, and it delves into ways people can break their bonds that are suffo9cating them. It explores the better understanding of the root of the problem – the mind.
Richard Gilpin shares very personal anecdotes and therapeutic insights, revealing how mindfulness can create a path through anxiety.
This is a very interesting book to read. Anxiety can be a debilitating condition and with Richard Gilpin's exploration through the world of anxiety, we can all help to move past and through this disorder and have some healing.
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