Biofeedback and Mindfulness in Everyday Life

This book is simply brilliant! Inna Khazan is the world's leading expert on mindfulness and biofeedback. She combines these fields in a remarkably clear and insightful manner, grounding all she writes in solid science and clinical wisdom. The book is at once a reliable guide for managing common problems such as insomnia, pain, anxiety, or shame, and an invaluable resource for behavioral health professionals. The author shows us how to work with our human physiology using easily accessible technologies--mindfulness and biofeedback--to live happier and healthier lives. Highly recommended!--Christopher Germer, Ph.D., Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, co-editor of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Inna Khazan brilliantly integrates two approaches, mindfulness, and biofeedback. A truly readable book--anchored in science--that explains how biofeedback enhances the self-regulation of the body and how mindfulness is the cognitive emotional approach for acceptance and resilience. This combined approach anchors the concept that mind/emotions/body are one. It is skills NOT pills. This is a MUST book for students, therapists, and anyone interested in reducing symptoms, optimizing health, and promoting resilience. It provides pragmatic practices that anyone can do at home or at work to increase well-being; since health is the integrating of learned health-promoting skills into daily life.--Erik Peper, Ph.D., Professor at San Francisco State University, author of Biofeedback Master-An Experiential Teaching and Self-Training Manual and Fighting Cancer, produces the blog www.peperperspecti Dr. Khazan provides an intuitive step-by-step guide for building resilience and emotional flexibility. She demystifies biofeedback and mindfulness, systematically teaches invaluable skills that don't require equipment, and explains how we can apply these new skills to challenges like anger, depression, and pain. If you've always wanted a clearly written and engaging introduction to biofeedback and mindfulness for clients or students, your wait is over! This amazing book has earned my highest recommendation.--Fredric Shaffer, Ph.D., BCB, BCB-HRV, Professor of Psychology, Truman State University, and Director of the Center for Applied Psychology