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About This Book
Shyness often helps protect us from the judgments and resentments of others, but once you get in the habit of avoiding social situations, you can become stuck in a cycle of avoidance that can be difficult to escape. Ready to let go of shyness and make stronger connections with others? The Mindful Path Through Shyness shows you how.
This guide uses techniques from mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavioral therapy to help you cultivate awareness of your own thoughts so that you can act with more wisdom and compassion toward yourself. Over time, you will be able to free yourself of the old mental habits of self-consciousness and self-blame, and replace them with new habits that foster confidence and joy.
A heartfelt and practical guide to… transforming one''s relationship to social fears and inhibitions.
-Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D., author of The Mindful Way Through Depression
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Table of contents
- foreword
- Part I
- 1
- coming home to yourself
- practicing mindfulness
- embracing the nonverbal world
- caring for yourself mindfully
- you are not your thoughts
- welcoming emotions
- the wisdom of turning toward
- interpersonal mindfulness
- cultivating mindfulness in interpersonal relationships
- the healing power of compassion
- references
- resources
- epilogue: a hidden wholeness
-  mindfulness practice: Mindful Breathing
-  mindfulness practice: Mindful Breathing
-  mindfulness practice: Mindful Breathing
-  see for yourself exercise 1: Eating a Raisin
-  mindfulness practice: Mindfulness of the Body
-  mindfulness practice: Body Scan Meditation
-  mindfulness practice: Narrow-Gauge Walking Meditation
-  mindfulness practice: Broad-Gauge Walking Meditation
-  see for yourself exercise 2: The Internal Observer
-  see for yourself exercise 3: Mindfulness of Hearing
-  mindfulness practice: Freight Trains of Thought
-  mindfulness practice: Mental Noting
-  mindfulness practice: Mindful Yoga
-  mindfulness practice: Releasing Fear Meditation
- Exercise: Exploring Your Unpleasant Emotions
- Exercise: Caring for Unpleasant Emotions
- Exercise: Investigating Social Aversion
-  mindfulness practice: Loving-Kindness Practice
-  mindfulness practice: Choiceless Awareness
-  see for yourself exercise 4: Exploring Desires Between Us
-  see for yourself exercise 5: Exploring Aversions Between Us
-  see for yourself exercise 6: Exploring Judgments Between Us
-  see for yourself exercise 7: Situational Exposure
-  see for yourself exercise 8: Practicing Compassion Informally
- Exercise: Preparing to Forgive
-  mindfulness practice: Forgiveness