Abby G

Surprisingly alarmist; poorly organized

Reviewed: 01-28-16

Is there anything you would change about this book?

For a text on mindfulness and stress/anxiety reduction, the introduction and first couple chapters are disturbingly alarmist. It's emphasized that we have to use this technique, as taught by these authors, or we'll be doing it wrong. At one point, the author asks the listener to attune to their body to see they they feel any tiredness. They dwell on these feelings, bringing them to the forefront of the listener's mind, then essentially say, "That sucks, doesn't it? Better let us fix it for you."Also, the text repeatedly refers to numbered meditations, but the audiobook chapters aren't labelled, just numbered, so it isn't at all obvious which "chapter" the listener should listen to for, say, "Meditation 7."

What did you like best about this story?

I think this book gives a good outline of why mindfulness is valuable and how to get started, including some good exercises and meditations. The MBCT approach developed by the authors and partially illustrated in the book has been shown to be clinically effective.

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