The Science of Mindfulness to Well Being

How kindness—and other prosocial behaviors toward others—can help us live longer and healthier lives.

Nurturing brain development in children through play.The mental health field has seen a significant shift in the past decade toward including a neuroscience perspective when designing clinical interventions. However, for many play therapists it has been challenging to apply this information in the context of play therapy. Here, Theresa Kestly teaches therapists how to understand the neurobiology of play experiences so the undeniable benefits of play therapy can be exploited to their fullest.

This edited volume focuses on different views of happiness and well-being, considering constructs like meaning and spirituality in addition to the more standard constructs of positive emotion and life satisfaction. A premise of the volume is that being happy consists of more than having the right things happen to us; it also depends on how we interpret those events as well as what we are trying to achieve. Such considerations suggest that cognitive-emotional factors should play a fairly pronounced role in how happy we are.

Discover the transformational power of yogic meditation—a practice that goes beyond mindfulness to help you access your innate "inner genius" and source of creative inspiration.