Mark Williams has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 8 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 104 ratings. The most-rated is The Mindful Way Through Depression.
The Mindful Way Through Depression
Summary
If you've ever struggled with depression or know someone who has, take heart: Mindfulness practice is a simple, powerful way to naturally break depression's self-perpetuating cycle. With The Mindful Way Through Depression, four leading researchers present insightful lessons drawn from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy about how to triumph over this illness - and, more importantly, how to prevent it from striking again. Join these uniquely qualified experts to discover the power of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
©2008 Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn (P)2008 Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn
Silver Blaze
Summary
How old were you when you discovered Sherlock? As part of the Classics for Kids series, international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present the second of the Sherlock Holmes short story adaptations: "Silver Blaze". Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the missing racehorse, Silver Blaze, in child-friendly 21st-century English and with the seamier side of Victorian life left out. Ideal for children aged 9-12 to get started with the world's most famous detective.
©2015 Mark Williams (P)2016 Mark Williams
The Blue Carbuncle
Summary
How old were you when you discovered Sherlock? As part of the Classics for Kids series international best-selling author Mark Williams is proud to present this adaptation for children of the Sherlock Holmes short story "The Blue Carbuncle". Come join Holmes and Watson as they solve the mystery of the blue carbuncle in a child-friendly, 21st century English and with the seamier side of Victorian life left out. Ideal for children aged 9-12 to get started with the world's most famous detective.
©2015 Mark Williams (P)2016 Mark Williams
The Best
Summary
Never have the best sportspeople seemed so far removed from the rest of us. So how are these extraordinary athletes made, and what do their achievements tell us about success? The Best reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world got that way. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness. This is a story of origins, training, luck, and serendipity, as well as of sports science and cutting-edge technology. Packed with gripping personal stories and interviews, you will discover how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills and muscle memory that allow them to perform remarkable acts without consciously thinking about them. The Best deconstructs the myths, like the notion that 10,000 hours of practice are needed to make it to the top, and explores the hidden power of the mind to reveal how athletes really think and process information during high octane competition. It gets inside the minds of champions, deconstructing what athletes see during matches and explaining how they do what they do. Drawing on examples and lessons from throughout the sporting world, this is for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be the best.
©2020 A. Mark Williams and Tim Wigmore (P)2020 Tantor
Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World
Summary
The life-changing international best seller Mindfulness reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to help break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and exhaustion. It promotes the kind of happiness and peace that gets into your bones. It seeps into everything you do and helps you meet the worst that life throws at you with new courage. The book is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. MBCT revolves around a straightforward form of mindfulness meditation which takes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. MBCT has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs for depression and is widely recommended by US physicians and the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - in other words, it works. More importantly it also works for people who are not depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the constant demands of the modern world. MBCT was developed by the book's author, Oxford professor Mark Williams, and his colleagues at the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto. By investing just 10 to 20 minutes each day, you can learn the simple mindfulness meditations at the heart of MBCT and fully reap their benefits. The book includes links to audio meditations to help guide you through the process. You'll be surprised by how quickly these techniques will have you enjoying life again.
©2011 Mark Williams and Danny Penman (P)2020 Cindy E. Jackson
The Mindful Way Workbook
Summary
Imagine an eight-week program that can help you overcome depression, anxiety, and stress - by simply learning new ways to respond to your own thoughts and feelings. That program is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). It has been tested and proven effective in clinical trials throughout the world. Now, you can get the benefits of MBCT any time, any place, by working through this carefully constructed book. The expert authors introduce specific mindfulness practices to try each week, plus reflection questions, tools for keeping track of progress, and helpful comments from others going through the program. Like a trusted map, this audiobook guides you step by step along the path of change. See also the authors' The Mindful Way through Depression, which demonstrates these proven strategies with in-depth stories and examples. Plus, mental health professionals, see also the authors' best-selling therapy guide: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Second Edition - winner (second place), American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, consumer health category.
©2014 John Teasdale, Mark Williams & Co (P)2020 John LLC