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Full Catastrophe Living Summary & Review: Meet Stress Without Running From It
Full Catastrophe Living summary: Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR clinic book shows how paying attention — on purpose, in this moment — changes stress,…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn
"Pay attention on purpose — you already have the capacity."
Jon Kabat-Zinn (born 1944) is a molecular biologist turned mindfulness teacher who founded the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979. He developed mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) so physicians could refer patients who were not getting better on usual care. He is professor emeritus of medicine at UMass and the author of Full Catastrophe Living, Wherever You Go, There You Are, and Coming to Our Senses.
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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes
Pay attention on purpose
Awareness is trained in this moment, not as a mood you wait to feel.
Respond rather than react
The gap after the trigger is where a Tuesday can change.
Pain is not the same as the story of pain
Sensation plus resistance is often the extra load.
Notable Quotes
"the awareness that arises by paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally"— Full Catastrophe Living
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Full Catastrophe Living Summary & Review: Meet Stress Without Running From It
Full Catastrophe Living summary: Jon Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR clinic book shows how paying attention — on purpose, in this moment — changes stress, pain, and a full human life.