Managing Depression with Mindfulness For Dummies

Learn to:

• Heal and recover from depression mindfully
• Understand the relationship between thinking, feeling, mood and depression
• Reduce your depression with effective mindfulness practices
• Implement positive changes and prevent relapse

Rise above depression and build a positive future through mindfulness

When you're in the midst of depression, it's incredibly hard to imagine the possibility of happiness. This book is your beacon, giving you the tools to use mindfulness in your efforts to regain – and maintain – a true sense of well-being and happiness.

• Start from within – understand how depression affects you and unlock how practicing mindfulness can help manage it
• Heal and recover – explore and break down barriers to healing, approach depression from a new angle and trust the mindful process to work
• You are what you think – correct negative thinking patterns that fuel depression and develop a positive new outlook
• Practice loving kindness – use mindfulness to transform feelings of self-hatred to feelings of self-compassion

Open the book and find:

• What you can do right now to begin healing mindfully
• Methods to overcome barriers to healing
• Scientific evidence for using mindfulness for depression
• Thinking qualities that contribute to well-being
• Why self-compassion is key
• How to cultivate a life of happiness, meaning and beauty
• Strategies for motivating yourself to feel better
• Tips for preventing relapse and staying well