Mindfulness
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Bibliographic Information
Mindfulness
(A Merloyd Lawrence book)
Perseus Books, c1989
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Mindfulness / Ellen J. Langer
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Mindfulness / Ellen J. Langer
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Bibliography: p. 205-224
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780201095029
Description
Langer offers the reader the essence of her 15 years of research in social psychology. She demonstrates the grave and pervasive consequences of mindlessness and the startling benefits of mindfulness.
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: pbk ISBN 9780201523416
Description
Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life. In this thought-provoking book, her research has been "translated" for the lay reader. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives. Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from learned helplessness and lack of options. Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts.
Table of Contents
* Introduction Mindlessness * When the Lights on and Nobodys Home * The Roots of Mindlessness * The Costs of Mindlessness Mindfulness * The Nature of Mindfulness * Mindful Aging * Creative Uncertainty * Mindfulness of the Job * Minding Matters: Mindfulness and Health * Epilogue: Beyond Mindfulness
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