Mindful Mondays: Transforming the Everyday to Claim Calm and Reduce Stress (Mindful Mondays)

Description

Whether you are new to mindfulness or an experienced practitioner, Mindful Mondays: Transforming the Everyday to Claim Calm and Reduce Stress provides powerful and accessible strategies for on-the-fly mindfulness meditation. Bridging the gap between the meditation cushion and real-life living, Dr. Dwyer brings over two decades of experience as a clinical psychologist with a wealth of knowledge about psychophysiology, stress management, and habit formation to the topic of mindfulness. With a focus on making mindfulness skills accessible and relatable, her strategies provide real-world opportunities for present moment awareness at home, at work, and on the go.

Strategies are shared in bite-sized chunks, perfect to learn and trial for a week. A built in reflection tool helps the reader to plan for using each strategy, problem-solve implementation obstacles, and gauge efficacy of new tools. With chapters set up in a “What, Why, How” format, Dr. Dwyer shares the background context for each strategy before diving into application. The book moves through beginning practices, mindfulness of present moment experience through the senses, mindfulness of thoughts and emotions, and mindfulness as an applied tool to support overall wellness and align with one’s values. New students of mindfulness will appreciate the down-to-earth voice and approachable tone of Dr. Dwyer’s writing, while more seasoned meditators will benefit from the diverse applications of mindfulness to everyday life.