Mindfulness Pocketbook: Little Exercises for a Calmer Life

Follow-up to the bestselling Mindfulness: Be Mindful. Live in the Moment. Gill Hasson, author of the bestselling Mindfulness is back and this time you can fit her advice in your pocket! This little book is packed with over 100 quick exercises, each dealing with a different situation, to help you get calm, collected, and balanced. So whenever you start to feel the stress mounting, reach for your Mindfulness Pocketbook, find the relevant exercise and instantly make life better! So if you feel like life is moving too fast and you're struggling to keep up with constant demands and commitments, don't let anxiety and worry get the better of you — integrate these mindfulness exercises, practices, and reflections into your daily life and get in control and feel more confident, calm, and present. By progressing through the pocketbook, you will develop mindful ways of thinking and doing that will benefit a wide range of situations in your personal, social, and work life. Slow down, take a deep breath, and take that step toward an easier and more manageable life. The Mindfulness Pocketbook will help you: Move in the direction of greater calm, balance, and wellbeing Increase your insight and awareness Break free from unhelpful thoughts and thinking patterns, feel more confident, and have better self-esteem Be more able to manage other people's demands, stress, anxiety, and worry Experts increasingly recognise that developing mindfulness skills is an effective way to improve performance, reduce stress, enhance emotional intelligence, increase life satisfaction, and develop leadership skills. A mindful person consciously brings awareness to the here-and-now with openness, interest, and receptiveness. Mindfulness Pocketbook is the take-with-you guide to receptive, constructive thinking.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 1. Creating a Mindfulness Habit 4 2. Bringing Out Your Confidence 6 3. Carrying Yourself With Confidence 8 4. Developing Your Ability to ‘Read’ Others 10 5. Keeping on Top When the Pressure Is On 12 6. Using Your Breath 14 7. Managing Interruptions 16 8. Being Spiritually Aware 18 9. Listening Instead of Just Hearing 20 10. Having a Beginner’s Mind 22 11. Slowing Down 24 12. Gaining a Sense of Perspective 26 13. Finding a Way to Forgive 28 14. Taking Mouthfuls of Mindfulness 30 15. Acknowledging and Being Aware 32 16. Optimizing Your Time 34 17. Falling Asleep 36 18. Being Generous 38 19. Focusing Your Multi-Tasking 40 20. Tuning into Your Intuition 42 21. Asserting Yourself and Saying No 44 22. Accepting This is What It Is 46 23. Overcoming Cravings 48 24. Problem Solving with Creative Thinking 50 25. Letting Go of Worry and Anxiety 52 26. Making Small Talk 54 27. Making Balanced Decisions 56 28. Putting Jealousy Behind You 58 29. Spending Time with Positive People 60 30. Holding Back from Overeating 62 31. Being Non-Judgemental 64 32. Doing Work that Matches Your Values 66 33. Building Your Courage 68 34. Being Persuasive 70 35. Commuting: Taking It in Your Stride 72 36. Taking Control of Anger 74 37. Dealing with Rudeness 76 38. Understanding Where Your Food Comes From 78 39. Understanding That All Things Come and Go 80 40. Switching Off the Engine of Your Mind 82 41. Building Up Your Willpower 84 42. Practising Compassion 86 43. Meeting Deadlines 88 44. Having Patience in the Unfolding of Events 90 45. Managing Distractions 92 46. Being Thankful 94 47. Giving Compliments 96 48. Cooking and Connecting With Food 98 49. Banishing Boredom 100 50. Managing Moments of Loneliness 102 51. Performing Spontaneous Acts of Kindness 104 52. Focusing and Engaging Your Attention 106 53. Managing Change 108 54. Knowing When to Start Over 110 Conclusion 112 About the Author 113

About the Author :
Gill Hasson works with people from a diverse backgrounds and situations. Her key motivation is her belief in the ability of people to positively change their way of thinking - about life, other people, and themselves. She works in adult education, is an associate tutor at the University of Sussex, and delivers training for QA, one of the UK's largest training providers, and Mumsnet, the UK's largest website for parents. She is a freelance journalist and writes articles on personal development and relationships for a variety of magazines, including Psychologies and Take A Break, and for a number of websites.

Review :
“It has been a great introduction to mindfulness” (PR Week, March 2015) "Mindfulness Pocketbook is a valuable tool with advice and exercises that will help you not only in your personal life but your business one as well" (Entrepreneur Middle East, October 2015)