Calming Your Anxious Mind, Second Edition

About Calming Your Anxious Mind, Second Edition

Drawing on techniques and perspectives from two seemingly different traditions, this second edition of a self-help classic offers you a powerful and profound approach to overcoming anxiety, fear, and panic. From the evidence-based tradition of Western medicine, learn the role your thoughts and emotions play in anxiety. And, from the tradition of meditation and the inquiry into meaning and purpose, discover your own potential for presence and stillness, kindness and compassion—and the tremendous power these states give you to heal and transform your life.

With an Introduction by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

Learn about the mechanism of anxiety and the body’s fear system
Develop a healing mindfulness practice—one breath at a time
Start on the path to presence, stillness, compassion, and loving kindness
Practice acceptance during mindfulness meditation
Feel safe while opening up to fearful and anxious feelings

This book is a welcome addition to the anxiety disorders field. Comprehensive as well as clearly written, it provides a wealth of information on the use of meditation and mindfulness practice in recover from anxiety difficulties.
—Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D., author of The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook and Coping with Anxiety

About the authors:

Jeffrey Brantley, MD, is a consulting associate in the Duke Department of Psychiatry and the founder and director of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program at Duke University’s Center for Integrative Medicine. He has represented the Duke MBSR program in numerous radio, television and print interviews. He is coauthor of Five Good Minutes, Five Good Minutes in Evening, Five Good Minutes at Work, and The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook.

Foreword writer Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is author of numerous books, including Full Catastrophe Living and Coming to Our Senses.

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