Mindfulness (25th anniversary edition) (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) - Softcover

Langer, Ellen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738217999 ISBN 13: 9780738217994

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2014

Synopsis

The revolutionary book that showed how mindfulness can be applied to every aspect of our lives
The highly innovative findings of social psychologist Dr. Ellen J. Langer and her team of researchers at Harvard introduced a unique concept of mindfulness, adapted to contemporary life in the West. Langer's theory has been applied to a wide number of fields, including health, business, aging, social justice, and learning. There is now a new psychological assessment based on her work (called the Langer Mindfulness Scale). In her introduction to this 25th anniversary edition, Dr. Langer (now known as "the Mother of Mindfulness") outlines some of these exciting applications and suggests those still to come.

About this title

About the Author:

Ellen Langer, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, is the author The Psychology of Control, Mindfulness, The Power of Mindful Learning, On Becoming an Artist, and Counterclockwise. Her work has been translated into a dozen languages. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous awards, including the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest from the American Psychological Association.

From Publishers Weekly:

The mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life, contends Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, in this thought-provoking study in which she "translates" for lay readers the findings of her research, much of it among the elderly. With anecdotes and metaphors, she explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives. Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from learned helplessness and lack of options. Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts. First serial to Health magazine; QPBC, Library of Science, Behavioral Science, Natural Science and Psychotherapy and Social Science Book Clubs selections.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0738217999
• ISBN 13: 9780738217994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272