Hello,
Thank you for attending one of my presentations or workshops. I hope you find this helpful and continue on this journey.
Mindfulness for Preschoolers: Transforming a Future
Mindfulness for Preschoolers: Transforming a Future from Deb Achak on Vimeo.
Practices and Poems
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
Books
Books for Children(for children and working with youth)
Brainstorm By Dr. Dan Siegel
The Conscious Parent by Dr. Shefali Tsabary
The Mindful Child and Mindful Games by Susan Kaiser Greenland
The Whole Brain Child by Dr. Dan Siegel and Tina Bryson
Parenting from the Inside Out by Dr. Dan Siegel
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
Everyday Blessings by Myla and Jon Kabat Zinn
Less by Marc Lesser
Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana
Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson
The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert
The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford
Finding the Space to Lead by Janice Marturano
Real Happiness at Work by Sharon Salzburg
Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan
Ted Talks
Andy Puddicombe – 10 mindful minutes
Richard Burnett – .b curriculum
Brene Brown – Vulnerability and Shame
Susan Cain – Power of Introverts
Sir Ken Robinson – How Schools Kill Creativity
Podcasts
Apps
Videos
60 Minutes’ Anderson Cooper tries mindfulness
Dan Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain – great visual for how stress impacts or lizard brain
Richard Davidson’s Four Constituents of Well-Being
Room to Breathe – story of transformation for a San Francisco middle school featuring Mindful Schools.
Dr. Shefali – her talk at Wisdom 2.0 2014 received a standing ovation. She is engaging and inspiring.
Healthy Habits of Mind – This free film describes why mindfulness belongs in education, covering neuroscience, educator training, and showing mindfulness implemented in the classroom (41 minutes)
Brene Brown – visits Seattle and I was fortunate to be in the audience. She is the real deal!
Research
American Mindfulness Research Association
Latest Research- Several studies around mindfulness (9/2014)
Research Round Up – Several studies around mindfulness (10/2013)
Forbes –Benefits of Mindfulness around memory, focus and gre scores
TIME Magazine – The Mindful Revolution (3/2014)
TIME ideas – Mindfulness and focus
Huffington Post – Mindfulness and Redefining Success
Links
Center for Child and Family Wellbeing
Center for Investigative and Healthy Minds
The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE)
UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center
Retreat Centers
Materials
