{"id":166,"date":"2010-11-06T09:27:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T09:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/11\/metaphors-for-mindfulness-the-interview.html"},"modified":"2010-11-06T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T09:27:23","slug":"metaphors-for-mindfulness-the-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/11\/metaphors-for-mindfulness-the-interview.html","title":{"rendered":"Metaphors for Mindfulness: The Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: “<\/span>Your book, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants, is about mindfulness and you studied with the Dalai Lama. You’re also a practicing psychologist. Can you tell us how your Buddhist background comes into play in your work as a psychologist?”<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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A: For the past 25 plus years Buddhist practices have influenced my work. Earlier in my career I used them to enhance my therapeutic presence and as a method of self-care. I used them implicitly without ever teaching mediation or concepts, such as the Four Noble Truths, to my patients. <\/p>\n

When I started private practice 13 years ago I started to incorporate mindfulness in an explicit way in my clinical work, teaching patients to meditate and offering mindfulness and Buddhist wisdom in a secularized way as a means to alleviate suffering. The Buddha saw himself as a physician or psychologist (but that concept didn’t’ exist 2500 years ago) rather than a religious leader. He taught people how to mange their behavior and mental landscape so as to reduce suffering and dissatisfaction. <\/p>\n

That’s the business we are in as psychotherapists and the Buddha’s insights provide powerful tools to help people change their relationship to the conditions of their suffering.<\/p>\n

The Buddha used metaphors frequently in his teaching. 108 Metaphors for Mindfulness make these tools accessible in a fun and approachable way.<\/p>\n

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“108 sparkling insights into
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\nRosenberg, author of <\/span>Breath by Breath<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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“Playful, wise, and memorable”
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