Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology, part time, at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught since the early 1980s. He is a longtime student of mindfulness meditation and is a faculty and board member at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Dr. Siegel teaches internationally about the application of mindfulness practices in psychotherapy and other fields, and maintains a private practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. His books include The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary and The Mindfulness Solution, for general readers, as well as several acclaimed works for professionals.
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I. The Self-Evaluation Trap1. Are We Doomed?2. It's Darwin's FaultII. The Essential Toolkit3. The Liberating Power of Mindfulness4. Discovering Who We Really AreIII. Catching Ourselves in the Act5. The Failure of Success6. Resisting Selfie-Esteem7. Conspicuous Consumption and Other Status Signals8. Treating Our Self-Esteem AddictionIV. Breaking Free: Finding Trustworthy Paths to Happiness9. Make a Connection, Not an Impression10. The Power of Compassion11. You Have to Feel It to Heal It12. Separating the Doer from the Deed13. You're Not That Special--and Other Good News14. Beyond I, Me, MineNotesIndexList of Audio TracksAudio Downloads:What Matters to Me? (07:10)Riding the Self-Evaluation Roller Coaster (05:10)Mindfulness of Breath (20:45)Identifying Emotions in the Body (06:40)The Joys of Self-Transcendence (04:10)Urge Surfing (05:00)Embracing a Self-Esteem Injury (04:10)Loving-Kindness Practice (15:35)R.A.I.N. for Self-Esteem Injuries (06:15 )It All Changes (18:25)The Future of Our Social Self (08:20)