Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
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From a pioneer in the field of mental health comes a groundbreaking book on the healing power of “mindsight,” the potent skill that allows you to make positive changes in your brain–and in your life.
Foreword by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
• Is there a memory that torments you, or an irrational fear you can’t shake?
• Do you sometimes become unreasonably angry or upset and find it hard to calm down?
• Do you ever wonder why you can’t stop behaving the way you do, no matter how hard you try?
• Are you and your child (or parent, partner, or boss) locked in a seemingly inevitable pattern of conflict?
What if you could escape traps like these and live a fuller, richer, happier life? This isn’t mere speculation but the result of twenty-five years of careful hands-on clinical work by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. A Harvard-trained physician, Dr. Siegel is one of the revolutionary global innovators in the integration of brain science into the practice of psychotherapy. Using case histories from his practice, he shows how, by following the proper steps, nearly everyone can learn how to focus their attention on the internal world of the mind in a way that will literally change the wiring and architecture of their brain.
Through his synthesis of a broad range of scientific research with applications to everyday life, Dr. Siegel has developed novel approaches that have helped hundreds of patients. And now he has written the first book that will help all of us understand the potential we have to create our own lives. Showing us mindsight in action, Dr. Siegel describes
• a sixteen-year-old boy with bipolar disorder who uses meditation and other techniques instead of drugs to calm the emotional storms that made him suicidal
• a woman paralyzed by anxiety, who uses mindsight to discover, in an unconscious memory of a childhood accident, the source of her dread
• a physician–the author himself–who pays attention to his intuition, which he experiences as a “vague, uneasy feeling in my belly, a gnawing restlessness in my heart and my gut,” and tracks down a patient who could have gone deaf because of an inaccurately written prescription for an ear infection
• a twelve-year-old girl with OCD who learns a meditation that is “like watching myself from outside myself” and, using a form of internal dialogue, is able to stop the compulsive behaviors that have been tormenting her
These and many other extraordinary stories illustrate how mindsight can help us master our emotions, heal our relationships, and reach our fullest potential.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Bantam; Reprint edition (December 28, 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0553386395
ISBN-13 : 978-0553386394
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.46 x 0.69 x 8.22 inches
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Customers find the book informative, helpful, and a great way to cultivate self-awareness. They say it allows them to reshape and redirect their inner experiences. Readers also describe the book as readable, well-written, and concise.
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Brian Johnson | Heroic –
I love connecting deeper with Dan and his work.
âWithin each of us there is an internal mental worldâwhat I have come to think of as the sea insideâthat is a wonderfully rich place, filled with thoughts and feelings, memories and dreams, hopes and wishes. Of course it can also be a turbulent place, where we experience the dark side of all those wonderful feelings and thoughtsâfears, sorrows, dreads, regrets, nightmares. When this inner sea seems to crash in on us, threatening to drag us down below to the dark depths, it can make us feel as if we are drowning. Who among us has not at one time or another felt overwhelmed by the sensations from within our own minds? Sometimes these feelings are just a passing thingâa bad day at work, a fight with someone we love, an attack of nerves about a test we have to take or a presentation we have to give, or just an inexplicable case of the blues for a day or two. But sometimes they seem to be something much more intractable, so much part of the very essence of who we are that it may not even occur to us that we can change them. This is where the skill that I have called âmindsightâ comes in, for mindsight, once mastered, is a truly transformational tool. Mindsight has the potential to free us from patterns of mind that are getting in the way of living our lives to the fullest.â~ Dan Siegel from MindsightDan Siegel is one of the worldâs leading neuroscientists and psychotherapists. A Harvard Medical School graduate and Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA Medical School, he founded the field of âInterpersonal Neurobiology.âHeâs brilliant (!) and delivers his wisdom in a captivating, poetic style.Heâs also an incredibly *good* human being. We connected for the first time years ago and I was immediately captured by his profound embodiment of the truths he teachesâa big heart and wonderful, loving presence matched with a deep sense of personal humility.This book is fantastic. The central theme is that we have the capacity to observe and shape our own mindsâan ability Dan calls âmindsight.â In short, the quality of our lives is shaped by our ability to cultivate our mindsight.Let’s jump in and explore some of my favorite Big Ideas:1. What Is Mindsight? – It’s awesome. Seriously.2. Our Seventh Sense – 5 + 1 + 1.3. Well-Being – The three fundamentals principles.4. Integration – = Flexible + free.5. River of Integration – Two banks: Rigidity + chaos.Hereâs to the diligent, patient, persistent effort required to push our consciousness up the hill so we can watch it roll down into the valley of coherence!More goodnessâ including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our â*OPTIMIZE*â membership program. Find out more at b[…]
ks6079 –
Very interesting book
I found this book to be very interesting and helpful. The book was composed of a collection of stories from the author’s work as a therapist. These stories captured my attention and pushed me to think deeply about the book’s underlying message. This format was perfect, and the book was a much more enjoyable read than several other books I have read in the area. Personally, I find it much more interesting to hear about a client’s life story and how they were able to work with their difficulties rather than to just be told directly different strategies for different problems. I’ve read several books in the area, and this was the first one which followed this format, which was very refreshing. The author has seemed to have tremendous success with his clients from using these techniques (though I wonder whether or not he has the successes he reports in this book with all of his clients).However, the book is not perfect. Siegel has invented several terms and ideas for very abstract concepts that he uses to understand the concept of a healthy mind. In particular, he uses the ideas of “integration,” “differentiation,” and “linkage” from systems theory and complexity theory. Although I don’t know anything about these particular areas, I have some exposure to mathematics and am not sure how well these concepts really translate into the aspect of the brain. Usually before applying mathematical ideas, a very specific set of assumptions would need to be met. Even after reading the book, I did not understand how these concepts were at the core of what he was doing; it seemed like he really just had a specific set of treatment regimes for different types of emotional troubles, and found ways to fit these into his model of integration.Don’t let this sway you from reading the book – the techniques and ideas he presents are practical regardless of this issue. It is definitely worth your time.One more thing: If you don’t know anything about mindfulness already, you may want to pair this book with another book such as The Mindfulness Solution or the Mindful Way to Self Compassion. What Siegel calls mindsight is extremely similar to the concept mindfulness, and he doesn’t delve into a systematic way to apply it to your life like those books do. I think this book is best suited for someone who already has exposure to the concept of mindfulness and would like a look at a scientific psychologist’s point of view.
Roula Haddad –
I just finished this book and want to say itâs amazing, super enriching with great real examples from authorâs own practice. I even think would read it again as much as enriching it is! A must read for psychology students in particular, might be a difficult one for a reader who has no notion of psychology at all.
H. K. KILGOUR –
Wonderful to see an approach based on neuro physiology helping people. I found this book fascinating and surprisingly educationally based
Mehnaz Amjad –
A wonderful book,with deep insights and knowledge of the mind. The narration opens to a common humanity we all share and how to find a way out of our problems
Susana Abigail Torres –
It is a good book for people interested in learning about themselves, personal growth and understanding others. It’s easy to read including examples for each developing topic. Good starting point with next step guidance.
boatfan –
This is a great book. Of all the ones I read on a similar subject, this one excels at pulling everything together into a cohesive paradigm and makes the link to brain biology. It gives case studies, which not only make riveting reading, but also often one needs to understand what is pathological to grasp what is healthy and how one can get there incrementally. Dan Siegel has managed to not only make a complex subject accessible but does it in a style that made me want to keep reading.I had expected a bit more of a self help book; understanding in of itself isn’t even half what is needed to obtain mental health. The power of meditation has been proven elsewhere, but the book is pretty brief on not only the methodology, but also on how to keep it going in the face of lack of motivation. The book seems to suggest that more is necessary, i.e. a therapist, not only for deciding which insights a suffering person needs at which point in time, but also to provide long term support. This is pretty difficult in real life, with health plans paying a few therapist sessions at best and therapists being horribly booked up.Maybe the “how to” book that is based on mindsight theory is already written; I just have to find it.