Mindfulness for Students

Embracing Now, Looking to the Future

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Pub Date Jul 02 2019 | Archive Date Aug 15 2019

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Description

Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to gain good grades, to find a good job, to be a good person. Your mind may feel clogged up with no way to filter your circulating thoughts and pressures. From a young age we are taught the significance of a solid education and a fruitful career, yet with such an emphasis on academic and monetary success we often fail to prioritise a healthy mind and body. It is essential to know how to deal with life’s many challenges; Mindfulness for Students will help you.

Through insightful ideas and personal anecdotes, this book will introduce you to the many benefits and applications of mindfulness - from mindful breathing, eating, exercising, sleeping, studying and communicating. There will be opportunities within each chapter to have a go at mindful meditations ranging from three to twenty minutes. There is no right or wrong approach, just what works for you. Mindfulness is a way of being, and this book will help you lay the foundations for a mindful future. Choose to be mindful and live your life in the moment, living fully and wholeheartedly, aware of self and others.

Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to gain good grades, to find a good job, to be a good...


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ISBN 9781782407676
PRICE $13.99 (USD)
PAGES 144

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This title was not available in the format for kindle ereaders, unfortunately, but I am excited to read it when it releases.

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An excellent overview of mindfulness and meditation written especially for college students. This book does a great job introducing readers to the main concepts of being mindful. It has several chapters about different aspects of college and how you can incorporate mindfulness into it.

Every few pages the author offers a quick meditation exercise you can try. I was pleasantly surprised to find a section on using mindfulness to tolerate chronic pain. I tried the meditation that was suggested and found it quite helpful.

The main idea of this book is just to be okay with what's going on, even if it's uncomfortable. That's a really valuable lesson and the book did a good job explaining it. I would really recommend this to any college student who's struggling with stress, no matter how mild they may say it is. Everybody can benefit from this.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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The first thought that sprung immediately to mind after I picked this beautiful book up was — where was this self-help bible when I was a student? Like many others, my student days were some of the most stressful of my life and the pressure of achieving was weighing heavily without any sort of let-up or relief. My anxiety was so debilitating during the run-up to my exams, during and additionally after them, whilst nervously awaiting the results, that I made myself extremely ill. It was after those hellish years that I decided I was going to ensure this wasn't an issue that would plague my life and vowed I would stop the fretting. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a lot easier than I imagined and from then on I ensured I did not let myself get in such an unhealthy state.

This book would've undoubtedly have imparted invaluable information and coping techniques to my young self at a time when it was all too necessary. Luckily, as aforementioned, I managed to free myself from this condition relatively easily, but this would be an essential book I would be buying alongside the essential course texts as I feel this is just as vital. Tailored in such a clever way, Ms Kaufman walks us through a variety of accessible hints and tips to maintain good mental health and keep stress to a minimum. This is turning out to be a fantastic series and having read both this and Mindful Reading and enjoyed and gained something useful from each of these underrated books it is a series I would highly recommend.

It's a useful and incredibly user-friendly read. I plan to return to study at some point and feel comforted to know that I have all of this helpful information to dip in and out of. Displayed in bite-sized, digestible chunks there is no reason for not having this in your arsenal! Many thanks to Quarto Publishing Group for an ARC.

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Sadly not available for the kindle, but still useful. I could see this as a great gift for incoming freshmen. A lot of good tips and advice from stress, time management, eating, cooking ,etc. A lot of the basics that a student would encounter, and gives exercises and tips. Would recommend.

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Another great addition to this series. I like to dip in and out of these, rather than read them straight through like a novel.

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I felt like the book spoke to all my worries and insecurities that I was having about going to college. This handbook is sprinkled with little tidbits of interesting information as well as anecdotes from the author that are so resonant.

I think a reason why we feel so overwhelmed with stress is that we associate it as the entire feeling of anxiety and have no way of addressing it in its separate entities. Kaufman breaks stress apart into components and allows us to analyze our stress at different angles.

The handbooks gives us a brief explanation about why we feel the way we feel, whether its cortisol keeping us up all night or dopamine kicking in to make us take the craziest decisions. I believe having that knowledge of where our stress is coming from conquers half the battle.

The book has so many exercises that are so simple and easy to follow. I really enjoyed trying out the meditations as well as mindful exercises.

Overall, this was a really insightful read, and I found myself relaxing as I read through. The author's own anecdotes and experiences adds another layer to the book that resonates with readers.

I'm super glad I got to pick this up this advanced reader copy. It is so so versatile. I'm planning on buying myself a copy to take with me to college and hopefully make use of the advice and tips if I'm ever feeling a little bit overwhelmed.

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What a wonderful book- I only wish I had this when I was a student! The author provides a great overview of what mindfulness is, offers excellent exercises throughout and touches on overall wellness and coping techniques specific to students as well as ones in general. I enjoyed that the author shared personal stories and experiences throughout the book. It was easy to read and understand and is a wonderful tool for students to help them be more mindful in their daily lives while attending school (and in general). With the ever changing world of technology there are so many more things to take into consideration - it's hard to believe but cell phones were not that big of a thing yet when I was in college, even grad school- and now there are books on how to unplug, put the phone down for a few minutes, etc. I highly recommend this book! Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Leaping Hare Press for a copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

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This title was not available in the format for kindle ereaders, unfortunately, but I am excited to read it when it releases.

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So glad I requested this! This book is filled with useful information for students primarily focusing on being mindful during their studies. The kind of book you read with a highlighter in hand!

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Thank you Quatro Publishing - Leaping Hare Press and Netgalley for this ARC.

This book from the Mindfulness series was aimed at students and the ways in which they can bring mindfulness to their studies and their lives in general. This would be a nice gift for the student in your life.

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