Taking life one moment at a time.

This is a broad section that will also include some traditional mindful eating. General mindfulness and meditation resources can be found here as well as self-compassion and other general emotional and psychological topics.

VIDEOS AND AUDIO

The Power of Vulnerability - Brene Brown

Kristin Neff TEDx

Podcasts

BOOKS

  • Better Sex Through Mindfulness: How Women Can Cultivate Desire by Lori A. Brotto and Emily Nagoski

  • Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food by Susan Albers

  • Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg. (1995) My copy is noticeably dog-eared, especially in the second-half.

  • Meditation for Beginners (with CD) by Jack Kornfield

  • Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food (Includes CD) by Jan Chozen Bay. A physician and long-time mindfulness teacher.

  • Mindfulness Meditation: Nine Guided Practices to Awaken Presence and Open Your Heart (CD) by Tara Brach

  • Radical Self-Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach, PhD

  • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff, PhD

  • The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by HH Dalai Lama; Cutler, Howard. He has written so many books since this one but I loved this when I read it when it first came out.

  • True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart by Tara Brach

  • The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists, and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life by Barry Boyce, ed.

  • Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness by David Treleaven

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES