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10 Mindful Minutes: Giving Our Children--and Ourselves--the Social and Emotional Skills to Reduce Stress and Anxiety for Healthier, Happy Lives Audiobook
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Teaching Our Children to Help Themselves Be Happy
Practical, timely, relevant, and inspiring, 10 Mindful Minutes is Goldie Hawn’s gift to parents who want to help their children learn better and live happier lives.
Inspired by the revolutionary MindUP program (developed under the auspices of the Hawn Foundation), the book offers easy-to-grasp insights from current behavioral, psychological, and neurological studies to show how our thoughts, emotions, and actions—including our ability to focus, manage stress, and learn—are all exquisitely interconnected.
Hawn presents simple and practial ways to develop mindfulness in children and parents alike, and shares her own heartfelt experiences with the challenges and joys of parenting.
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"A friend told me to read this and it was great advice! Hawn gives simple, step-by-step instructions on teaching mindfulness and meditative breathing to children. As a family, we have been going over one section per week, and I am already seeing progress. The children are using the terminology and noticing when their "Guard Dogs" come out and trying to use their "Wise Old Owls" to make less impulsive decisions when they are stressed or upset. This book is simple to read, simple to understand and simple to implement. I highly recommend it to anyone hoping to increase the emotional intelligence of their children."
— Chrishna (4 out of 5 stars)
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Hawn's gentle, heartfelt approach to mothering and her mission to help children develop happier, healthier lives will be both useful and inspiring for parents.
— Publishers Weekly -
Goldie Hawn embodies delight and joy, and 10 Mindful Minutes radiates these. Her book can help any adult – parent, grandparent, teacher – make double use of their moments with the children they love and have a terrific time while helping shape that child’s brain for a lifetime of resilience and happiness.
— Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence -
An excellent guide that offers simple, effective ways for stressed parents to create calmer, kinder, happier families.
— Deirdre Donahue, USA Today -
This is a remarkable book. It is full of wisdom for us all—parents and other caregivers—inviting us to taste mindfulness for ourselves.
— Mark Williams, director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre and autho -
Hawn's gentle, heartfelt approach to mothering and her mission to help children develop happier, healthier lives will be both useful and inspiring for parents.
— Publishers Weekly -
Goldie Hawn embodies delight and joy, and 10 Mindful Minutes radiates these. Her book can help any adult – parent, grandparent, teacher – make double use of their moments with the children they love and have a terrific time while helping shape that child’s brain for a lifetime of resilience and happiness.
— Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence -
An excellent guide that offers simple, effective ways for stressed parents to create calmer, kinder, happier families.
— Deirdre Donahue, USA Today -
This is a remarkable book. It is full of wisdom for us all—parents and other caregivers—inviting us to taste mindfulness for ourselves.
— Mark Williams, director of the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre
10 Mindful Minutes Listener Reviews
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" Fabulous - whether or not you have kids. "
— Jacqui, 1/28/2014 -
" I could not get into this book. Although the premise of taking at least 10 minutes out of your day to be more mindful (focused, appreciative, aware) sounds good, I could have gotten the message in just 10 pages instead of a whole book. I did like Goldie Hawn's personal reflections, and I think that she sounds like someone I would enjoy being around. "
— Kristy, 1/22/2014 -
" Enjoyed reading this to teach myself to be more mindful and hopefully my child will follow by example. "
— Katherine, 1/10/2014 -
" The day this book came out I saw Goldie Hawn interviewed about it and knew immediately I'd like to read it. Very insightful tools to help parents reduce the stress abd anxiety in their children's life, as well as their own. Scientific info on how the brain works under worry or happiness was very interesting and not wordy but still thorough. Book would make a wonderful gift for any parent! "
— Tanya, 1/6/2014 -
" Thougthtful, provocative, I enjoyed it. Used a few of the ideas with my neices and nephews and had a great time. This book tells us nothing that we don't already know, however pointing it out with gentle reminders adds to its endearment. I have recommended this book to quite a few people already. "
— Gloria, 12/24/2013 -
" Lots of wonderful insight to get kids thinking about good habits,positive thinking,be aware of their surroundings and just have fun!!! "
— Katherine, 12/24/2013 -
" Excellent book for educators who want some simple practical advice that will really make a difference in the classroom from a mom and a lay person's perspective. "
— Helen, 11/29/2013 -
" Some decent chapters on mindfulness in life. "
— Amy, 11/28/2013 -
" DIdn't move quickly enough....something missing. "
— Karen, 11/7/2013 -
" Lots of great ideas and has helped to teach my boys to "breath" "
— Carolyn, 11/2/2013 -
" Great information and applications. "
— Mindy, 10/23/2013
About the Authors
Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the executive director of the Mindsight Institute. His books include the New York Times bestsellers Brainstorm and Aware, as well as Mindsight, The Developing Mind, The Mindful Brain, The Mindful Therapist, Parenting from the Inside Out, and The Whole-Brain Child. He is the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on interpersonal neurobiology.
Wendy Holden is a successful journalist and fiction author. Born in Yorkshire, England, she studied English at Cambridge before becoming an editor for publications such as the Sunday Telegraph magazine, the Sunday Times style section, Apollo, and Tatler. She has written a number of books, including Gallery Girl, Marrying Up, Filthy Rich, Bad Heir Day, and others.
About the Narrators
Joyce Bean is an accomplished audiobook narrator and director. In addition to having won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, she has been nominated multiple times for the prestigious Audie Award. Equally adept at narrating fiction and nonfiction, and she also narrates audiobooks under the name Jane Brown.
Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is an internationally acclaimed author, award-winning educator, and child psychiatrist. He is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine and executive director of the Mindsight Institute in Los Angeles. He is founding editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.