EP 22: The Healing Power of Mindfulness with Best Selling Author Dr. Danny Penman

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In this life-changing conversation author Dr. Danny Penman shares:

• His extraordinary personal discovery of the power of meditation,
• How he came to partner with Professor Mark Williams to write their first book Mindfulness: An Eight-week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World,
• The profound discoveries that led to their new book Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World,
• What Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is and its benefits in aiding in mental healing,
• How important it is to not judge yourself for HOW you are meditating, rather recognize that you are succeeding when you are practicing,
• The “mind gym” analogy and how it will help you have more beneficial mindfulness practices,
• How understanding the way our minds work and practicing mindfulness help us to experience the world in a healthier way to enable us to live happier and more fulfilling lives,
• That mindfulness meditation is a complementary treatment to other healing modalities, and
• The power in consistent practice–even if you think you are doing it badly–because every time you practice you learn something and benefit.

Website: franticworld.com
New Book: Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World
Instagram: @drdannypenman
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Twitter: @drdannypenman

Bio:
Dr. Danny Penman is a mindfulness teacher and bestselling author. He is co-author, with Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, of the acclaimed Mindfulness: An Eight Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World. This book is credited with popularising mindfulness and is now prescribed across the UK’s National Health Service for such conditions as anxiety, stress, depression and chronic pain. In 2014, he won the British Medical Association’s Best Book (Popular Medicine) Award for You are Not Your Pain: Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress, and Restore Well-Being (co-written with Vidyamala Burch). His books have sold over two million copies across 34 languages and his journalism has appeared in the Daily Mail, New Scientist, and The Guardian.

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