Main description:

This book is a life skills type of manual. That is, it provides guidance and interactive lessons (e.g., journaling, probing questions, mindfulness-based activities such as meditation, reframing toxic self talk, healthy risk taking, grief resolution, creating meaning in life, and much more).

Ideally, this book would be a helpful read for students in graduate mental health programs, those in the field, people considering a career in counseling or another mental health field, and perhaps other professionals (e.g., the clergy, teachers, nurses, parents, etc.).

This book would be different from just about any in professional literature; it is a mindfulness-based approach to life tasks

Contents:

1. What Is Meant by "Meaning in Life" and Why Is It Important? 2. Neuroscience and Its Relationship to Meaning in Life 3. Who Am I? The Meandering, Washboard Road to Self-Hood 4. Wandering in the Wilderness: Facing Existential Challenges 5. Wisdom vs. Mammon: Healing the Divided Life 6. The Transforming Power of Failure and Its Lessons 7. Finding Meaning through Essentialism and Sustainability 8. Life Happens: Changing our Attitude and Transforming Our Life 9. Contemplation in an Action-Oriented World: Addressing Our Inner World Phobia 10. Rewriting our Stories: Learned Happiness through Daily Practice 11. Love: Transformation and Challenges of Relationships 12. Joy and Grief