Wise Mind, Open Mind: Finding Purpose and Meaning in Times of Crisis, Loss, and Change

Though it's nearly impossible to imagine, times of personal crisis and upheaval are opportunities for self-reinvention and heightened artistic expression. Whether you are healing from a severed relationship, experiencing a job loss, or coping with another traumatic life transition, you can renew your strength and find new passion and purpose after things fall apart.

Wise Mind, Open Mind offers a powerful three-step mindfulness approach to help you navigate times of unwanted change, rediscover your inner well of creativity, and move forward with passion and purpose. This book combines techniques drawn from contemporary mind-body approaches, Buddhist psychology, mindfulness, creative thinking, and positive psychology to show you how to tap into your gifts and create a practical plan for personal transformation that will help you move through the challenges you face. You'll learn to overcome the five common hindrances that may be keeping you from true fulfillment and happiness. Finally, you'll be able to embrace your circumstances, utilizing them to create a renewed personal vision and welcome new possibilities and greater creativity into your life.

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, leadership consultant, and clinical trainer. He is also director of the Open Mind Training Institute in Santa Monica, CA, an organization that offers personal and professional training programs in integrative mind/body therapies, transformational leadership, and mindfulness.

A leading pioneer in somatic psychotherapy, holistic psychology, mindfulness, leadership coaching, and integrative and behavioral medicine, Alexander conducts professional and personal trainings throughout the United States and internationally. He is an extension faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles and an adjunct faculty member at both Pacifica Graduate Institute and Pepperdine University. Alexander is an associate member of the American Psychological Association, a clinical member of The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a diplomate in professional psychotherapy at The International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling, and Psychotherapy and The American Psychotherapy Association.