Books

Book clubs and discussion groups are great ways to share stress-reduction and mindfulness and can be fun. Get a group together either for noon lunch discussions or in your home.

Recommended Reading:

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Guided Mindfulness Meditation (CDs) by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

Finding Balance in a Medical Life by Lee Lipsenthal*

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions, by Christopher K. Germer PhD

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness , by Sharon Salzberg

8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. by Victor N. Davich

Take the Stress Out of Your Life: A Medical Doctor's Proven Program to Minimize Stress and Maximize Health (with CDs) * M.D. Jay Winner

Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness by Susan L. Smalley PhD and Diana Winston

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel

How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness by Jan Chozen Bays*

Other Recommended Reading

The Mindful Medical Student: A Psychiatrist's Guide to Staying Who You Are While Becoming Who You Want to Be Jeremy Spiegel M.D.

The Mindful Child: How to Help Your Kid Manage Stress and Become Happier, Kinder, and More Compassionate by Susan Kaiser Greenland

Healing and the Mind Bill Moyers

Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food--includes CD By Jan Chozen Bays

How To Want What You Have Timothy Ray Miller*

The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist

The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge MD

Silence by Christina Feldman*

The Way of Meditation by Christina Feldman

Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T. Hallinan

Mistakes Were Made. Why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions and hurtful acts. By Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson*

How to Be a Help Instead of a Nuisance by Karen Kissel Wegela*

Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rick Hanson PH.D. and Richard Mendius MD*

Faculty Health in Academic Medicine. Physicians, Scientists, and the Pressures of Success. Ed Thomas R. Cole, Thelma Jean Goodrich and Ellen R Gritz

How Doctors ThinK by Jerome Groopman, MD*