I’ve been fortunate enough to be approved for a variety of titles on NetGalley lately, and I’ve enjoyed so many of them that I wished to start reviewing them here on my blog. For those of you who don’t know, NetGalley is a website that provides advance digital copies of books to readers in exchange for an honest review.
It’s an amazing experience getting early copies of books. It makes me feel like a professional reader, if such a thing exists. I’ve reviewed about 20 so far, and I will start posting the reviews around the publication date for the book.
About the Book
Mindfulness for Students by Natasha Kaufman
Life can be tough. With so many decisions to make at such a critical time, it’s easy to feel weighed down. What’s more, there is the pressure to gain good grades, to find a good job, to be a good person. Your mind may feel clogged up with no way to filter your circulating thoughts and pressures. From a young age we are taught the significance of a solid education and a fruitful career, yet with such an emphasis on academic and monetary success we often fail to prioritise a healthy mind and body. It is essential to know how to deal with life’s many challenges; Mindfulness for Students will help you.
Through insightful ideas and personal anecdotes, this book will introduce you to the many benefits and applications of mindfulness – from mindful breathing, eating, exercising, sleeping, studying and communicating. There will be opportunities within each chapter to have a go at mindful meditations ranging from three to twenty minutes. There is no right or wrong approach, just what works for you. Mindfulness is a way of being, and this book will help you lay the foundations for a mindful future. Choose to be mindful and live your life in the moment, living fully and wholeheartedly, aware of self and others.
Goodreads | Amazon| Published July 2, 2019
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
My Thoughts
An excellent overview of mindfulness and meditation written especially for college students. This book does a great job introducing readers to the main concepts of being mindful. It has several chapters about different aspects of college and how you can incorporate mindfulness into it.
Every few pages the author offers a quick meditation exercise you can try. I was pleasantly surprised to find a section on using mindfulness to tolerate chronic pain. I tried the meditation that was suggested and found it quite helpful.
The main idea of this book is just to be okay with what’s going on, even if it’s uncomfortable. That’s a really valuable lesson and the book did a good job explaining it. I would really recommend this to any college student who’s struggling with stress, no matter how mild they may say it is. Everybody can benefit from this.
My Rating
4/5 stars
★★★★☆
What books have you been reading lately?