If you’ve ever struggled with depression* or felt unhappy for a long time, take heart*.

    Mindfulness, a simple yet powerful way of paying attention to your most difficult emotions* and life experiences, can help you break the cycle of chronic* unhappiness once and for all.

    Not only does the book introduce the concepts of mindfulness and meditation, but it provides further insight into how our most valiant* efforts to pull ourselves out of depression can feed the rumination* cycle. Our aversion* response often backfires and sends us further from where we want to be. What we resist persists.

    Through insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive* therapy, they show how to sidestep* the mental habits that lead to despair*, including rumination and self-blame, so you can face life’s challenges with greater resilience*.

    This book is well-written, well-organized, helpful, and not terribly repetitive*. Composed by a star-studded team of scientists and practitioners, this book is the best self-help title to arrive since David Burns’s seminal “Feeling Good.” It is a useful lay* reader’s guide to incorporating mindfulness techniques in everyday life.

    Providing a realistic eight-week program, this guide offers invaluable practical strategies for banishing* depression and regaining one’s life.

    The Chinese version is available on dangdang.com.(SD-Agencies)