Summary of Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition)

Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness is an accessible and practical guide to mindfulness and meditation, written by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD. This revised edition includes a new chapter on the science of mindfulness and its application to daily life. It also includes new mindfulness practices for working with difficult emotions, stress, and illness, as well as updated research findings. The book is divided into four parts, with each part focusing on a particular aspect of mindfulness: developing an understanding of mindfulness, developing a mindfulness practice, utilizing mindfulness in everyday life, and mindfulness and health. Throughout the book, Kabat-Zinn provides meditations, exercises, and other tools for cultivating mindfulness and applying it to everyday life. He emphasizes how mindfulness can be used to reduce stress, pain, and illness, and to cultivate a more meaningful life.