Summary of Mastering Adulthood
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- Applicable
- Concrete Examples
- Inspiring
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Recommendation
Psychologist Lara E. Fielding offers a map of the path to adulthood and teaches readers how to gain new skills that can ease disquieting or stressful feelings. People often develop habits to make life easier and then forget why they adopted them in the first place. Fielding suggests using mindfulness to detect and address these habits. She suggests also applying mindfulness to identify and reframe past events that impose a lingering anxiety on your present life. Fielding effectively blends observation, theory and case studies in her discussion of using mindfulness to navigate life’s challenges.
About the Author
Clinical psychologist Lara E. Fielding specializes in mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy. She is an adjunct professor at California’s Pepperdine University.
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5 months agoWhat an interesting read. Takes mindfulness to another level in terms of its practical use.
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