Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain
The Experiment LLC (Verlag)
9798893031089 (ISBN)
Pain can be a big, unwieldy box that we struggle to carry all day. But what if we could put down this box, unpack it, and tackle the contents one by one? Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain is Dr. Christiane Wolf’s radically clear, evidence-based guide to relieving chronic pain with mindfulness, complete with twenty easy guided meditations and self-compassion practices, including:
rewriting the “pain story” you tell yourself
practicing loving acceptance of your body as it is
mindfully working through negative emotions
strengthening your inner and outer support systems.
Publisher’s note: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain is an updated and revised edition of Outsmart Your Pain.
Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD, is a physician turned mindfulness and compassion teacher and a senior teacher at InsightLA (InsightLA.org) in Los Angeles, California. She trains teachers and teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion to groups and individuals in the US and across Europe. With her medical background, one of her specialties is working with people who suffer from chronic illness and pain. Dr. Wolf is a lead teacher and program developer for the nationwide mindfulness facilitator training for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Wolf is also a Buddhist teacher in the vipassana (insight) meditation tradition and has received teacher transmission from Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. She is the coauthor, with Greg Serpa, of A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness. Dr. Wolf lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.
Foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD
Introduction: An Opportunity to change your brain
Part 1: Caring for Yourself
You Are Not Your Pain
Meditation: You are not your pain
The Pain Story
Practice: Writing reflection on the pain story
Meditation: The pain story
The Box We Call Pain
Practice: Working with thoughts, sensations, and emotions
Meditation: Opening the box of pain: exploring sensations, thoughts, and emotions
Self-Compassion for Pain
Meditation: Self-compassion for pain
Part 2: Making Peace
Ending the War with Your Body
Meditation: Kindness body scan
Finding Your Internal Support Group
Meditation: Shared humanity: calling up the internal support group
Collecting Pearls
Practice: Collecting pearls
Meditation: Yes, and…
Part 3: Handling Big Emotions
The Dark Clouds of Depression
Meditation: Safe and pain free in the body
The Fear of Making Grief Real
Meditation: Being with grief
Numbing Out
Meditation: Urge surfing
Anger is a Mixed Bag
Meditation: Safely exploring anger
Freeing Yourself from the Prison of Resentment
Meditation: Forgiveness
Part 4: The Pain of Connecting and Disconnecting
Dealing with Ignorance
Meditation: Dealing with hurtful remarks
Loving Someone with Chronic Pain
Meditation: Equanimity: every person is on their own life’s journey
Finding Your People
Meditation: Finding strength and joy in connections with others
Part 5: Shifting Perspective
The Comparing Mind
Meditation: Releasing your comparing mind
Making Meaning
Making meaning: silver lining backward and forward
The Paradox of Doing Nothing
Meditation: Doing nothing
The Big Picture
Meditation: The big picture
Stop Trying to Get Better
Meditation: OK as you are
Epilogue: Closing Thoughts
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Daniel J. Siegel |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 142 x 180 mm |
| Gewicht | 266 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Entspannung / Meditation / Yoga |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Schmerztherapie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9798893031089 / 9798893031089 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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