8Living a rushed, demanding life and wishing for mental calm to deal with the difficulties you face? Stressed out by tangled thoughts and frazzled feelings? Mindfulness Starts Here offers you a way to ease stress with clear instructions on these points:

- How mindfulness works using Five Skillful Habits
- How being mindful can help you deal better with sadness, pain, and anxiety
- How mindfulness can make your life more manageable

In Mindfulness Starts Here, you learn how mindfulness works through simple, clear explanations. The instructions and practices show you how to pay attention to your life so you can make skillful decisions. The examples help you understand:

- How practicing Five Skillful Habits can change the way you live your life
- Why living fully in pleasant and unpleasant times can enrich your life
- How mindfulness reduces reactivity to and increases steadiness under stress...