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The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) Kindle Edition

by Daniel J. Siegel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A new framework for maintaining mental health and well-being.


From the author of the internationally-acclaimed best-selling text The Developing Mind, and esteemed leader and educator in the field of mental health, comes the first book ever to integrate neuroscience research with the ancient art of mindfulness. The result is a groundbreaking approach to not simply mental health, but life in general, which shows readers how personal awareness and attunement can actually stimulate emotional circuits in the brain, leading to a host of physiological benefits, including greater well-being, resilience, emotional balance, and improved cardiac and immune function. For clinicians and laypeople alike, Siegel’s illuminating discussions of the power of the focused mind provide a wealth of ideas that can transform our lives and deepen our connections with others, and with ourselves.
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Siegel, co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Center, blends personal experience with scientific research, attempting to capture the spiritual as well as the physiological phenomenon of "mindfulness"-or, in Siegel's acronym-speak, COAL: the state of simultaneous Curiosity, Openness, Acceptance and Love. Siegel's endeavor is timely and well-intentioned, but his is an elusive subject, and his text is peppered with confusing, semi-technical descriptions of mind-states (like meditation) and processes (like egocentric and allocentric circuitry) that frequently frustrate. Despite this, Siegel does introduce persuasive scientific evidence that meditation and the mindful state not only produce improvement in well-being, but also detectable physical changes in the brain, such as a thickening of the middle prefrontal lobes. He also introduces exotic new vocabulary, such as "ipseity," "the core sense of self beneath the usual personal identity." If the result of Siegel's marriage of medicine and mysticism is something of a muddle, he is to be commended for the effort, and his attitude toward science is unique in a medical doctor (tellingly, Siegal took a sabbatical from med school after being reprimanded for empathizing with his patients, rather than objectifying them, and used the time to pursue drawing and dancing). Though uneven and weighed down with too many acronyms, this is a notable science title that smartly combines the personal, the clinical and the spiritual.
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[A] rich and illuminating exploration of what it means to live in the here-and-now, to be fully present in the moment, to be 'mindfully aware.' . . . . [I]n-depth as well as life changing. . . . [T]he ideas in this book will both enrich one's own mindfulness practice and enhance one's therapeutic skills.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001P7GGSC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition (April 17, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 841 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 411 pages
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Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, founding co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, founding co-investigator at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational center devoted to promoting insight, compassion, and empathy in individuals, families, institutions, and communities.

Dr. Siegel’s psychotherapy practice spans thirty years, and he has published extensively for the professional audience. He serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which includes over 70 textbooks. Dr. Siegel’s books include his five New York Times bestsellers: Aware: The science and practice of presence, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, and two books with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.: The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. His other books include: The Power of Showing Up and The Yes Brain (also with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.), The Developing Mind, The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindsight, The Mindful Brain, The Mindful Therapist, and Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.). He has been invited to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Google University, and TEDx.

For more information about his educational programs and resources, please visit: www.DrDanSiegel.com and www.mindsightinstitute.com.

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Drew C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring ideas and so meaningful!
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2022
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I purchased this to complement my neuroscience textbook for college and it "filled in" the details behind crucial concepts. I am glad to add this to my professional library!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant for both professional and no professionals
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2015
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Absolutely brilliant for both professional and no professionals . I have used this book and some others, but principally this one along with others by Dan Siegel to inform my medical lectures on the neuroscience of mindfulness for both clients and other professional who need to know how to talk about mindfulness and it's base in neuroscience so as to interest clients to actually engage in mindfulness practice and so as to interest professional to be interested enough to teach it simply to their clients.
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Craig Shoemake
4.0 out of 5 stars Densely informative and insightful, not always well written...
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2012
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This is an excellent book in need of some editing. I have the sense it is one of Siegel's earlier books, as his later MINDSIGHT seems more polished. The pros:

The book offers an incredible amount of information and understanding about the relationships between the functions and attributes of consciousness and the structures of the brain. It is really a "brain-mind" primer. The author is clearly of the opinion that mind is not merely an epiphenomenon of the brain, but an equal creator of it. If the brain is hardware, then the mind is the experiential aspect of using a computer--one step up from software, in fact. The number of areas the text touches upon is staggering: from child development to parenting, education, meditation, psychotherapy, you name it. Siegel is one of the leaders in this field, and the book offers an extensive bibliography of books and articles consulted in the writing. If someone has the time, a second reading is definitely warranted as the information can be overwhelming.

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This is part of the problem with the text and why I'm not giving it five stars. It is at times repetitive, stating the same things over and over in different ways. This can make it feel poorly organized. Sometimes the discussion of brain structures is on the rather dry and technical side, and this can seem a little irrelevant at times, especially for non-specialists. This was another issue: I had the sense the author was unable to target a specific audience. Was he writing for neuroscientists or laypersons? Sometimes it seemed like the former, sometimes the latter. The text was as a result alternately overly technical and at other times just right (for me, at least). Often the figures and diagrams were not where they should have been and the writing seemed awkward--clear indications than an editor (or two) was asleep on the job.

Overall, this is a very good book--not entirely introductory--and this author clearly has much to offer. I am starting in now on MINDSIGHT, which, as noted, appears a more polished, more focused work. The science here is exciting and this book is just scratching the surface, a start and going in the right direction, it seems to me.
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Chloe Foreht
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2019
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Book is in good condition and came on time. Great book. Thank you
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C. Bowen
5.0 out of 5 stars a thinker and teacher that will change your life (and brain)
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013
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Fantastic. Siegel points us in a tried and true direction, which many practices have pointed to for hundreds or thousands of years, but with new insight. If everyone followed his advice on developing and maintaining a healthy brain, humanity would fundementally change for the better.
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Snowboardwoman
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written and read by author.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2014
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This is a detailed thoughtful book about mindfulness. I work in the field of neurology so I appreciate the scientific theories of how our minds are impacted by mindfulness practice. It is beautifully read by the author who has a soothing, honest, relaxed way of speaking.
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K. Harrison
4.0 out of 5 stars The Mindful Brain
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2007
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I found the content of this book fascinating and important (5 stars) but the writing ponderous and redundant (2 stars), for the most part. It is an ambitious attempt to synthesize and interpret scientific research and the author's personal experience in an emerging field that is fraught with speculation. Perhaps because of this, the author appears to have cobbled together every study potentially relating brain function and mindfulness, weaving back and forth to make every possible connection, rather than following a few salient lines of thinking and explicating them clearly. Difficult as it was to digest some of the material (I am a practiced reader of science but had to read too many sentences too many times), I benefited personally and immediately from several of the concepts presented such as streams of awareness, parenting styles ("secure attachment"), approach mindset and mindful education, and I look forward to further research in this field. I had imagined the brain research to be further along than it is and expected more about research on meditation, so I was a tad disappointed, but this is not the author's fault. In spite of the poor presentation, there was some delightful new learning for me and I am glad to have read this.
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Eric Amberg
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2013
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I was fascinated by the manner in which Dr. Segal combined the neurological concepts associated with such an intense field as mindfulness. It certainly explains the phenomena with a concrete foundation that is plausible and useful for establishing such a paradigm in clinical practice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best readings in the sector!
Reviewed in Germany on April 6, 2023
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An amazing book for those trying to understand the work of the brain, the power of mind, the relationship between brain, mind and relationships and how mindfulness could improve all of them!
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Delfino Corti
5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful links between personal practice and scientific background
Reviewed in Italy on May 19, 2017
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I was directed to this book via the book list at the end of Daniel Goleman's "Focus" (which I also found a useful collection of insights and exploration of the potential of attention) and I was curious to deepen some knowledge coming from Goleman going in the direction of understanding how Mind and Brain ("extended brain, including the neural connection throughout the body") work. I got both the book and the audio book, which I put on my commuting route from home to office and back, extremely rewarding, btw.

As a mindfulness practitioner since years, I find this book a useful compendium on the topic, easy to access also for non-scientific based people. It gives a very solid background to understand the connection between how our mind and brain influence and actually build each other and includes a very interesting correlation with Relationship with others. The takeaway is that these three aspects (Mind, Brain, Relationship) are somehow coordinated by similar areas of the brain and the practice of mindfulness and secure attunement produce very similar outcome.

All this results in very useful guidelines in how to use such information in daily life.

I would suggest this book (and/or audio version) to any mindfulness meditation practitioner who wants to go beyond personal practice and understand a bit more what's behind that.
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Natalia Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource for the elementary counselling office
Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2017
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An excellent resource for the elementary counselling office! This is a book I keep in my personal library and enjoyed reading.
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Adrian
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've ever read couldn't wait to Finnish it ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2016
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Best book I've ever read couldn't wait to Finnish it so could start again. Absolutely changed my life. Everything I do seems better. The book lead me onto other areas and I'm starting to understand myself. The minds wheel of awareness is brilliant. The man who wrote this is unbelievable.
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Mike S
5.0 out of 5 stars Clarity and definition
Reviewed in Australia on November 2, 2016
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Dan Siegel brings clarity and definition to an otherwise confabulated are of study. This book offers hope for living, learning and even loving.
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