Introduction to our Book "Mindful Choices for Well Being"
BOOK SUMMARY
Mindful Choices for Well-Being
Mindful Choices for Well-Being offers a holistic, action-oriented process of choosing and creating well-being using proven methods for transformational change. The Shearers developed Mindful Choices Therapy during three decades of clinical practice. A cornerstone of their method is the systematic mastery of 10 interrelated Mindful Choices:
- Breath awareness and retraining
- Begin and end days peacefully
- Mindful eating
- Cultivating mindfulness
- Self-reflection
- Living your values
- Intentional relating
- Mindful movement
- Mindful Choices tools
- Acceptance & compassion
Bill and Robin Shearer come from diverse backgrounds. Bill started out as a United States history teacher and went on to an Air Force career, retiring as a Lt. Col. Robin began her career as a school nurse and neonatal intensive care nurse.. Long on education (the shearers have seven graduate degrees between them), the couple has spent decades not only providing treatment in a mental health setting, but living their values in real life. They engage in a variety of balancing and revitalizing practices such as yoga, meditation and being surrounded by nature. Robin is an avid equestrian. In short, they practice what they preach. While specializing in providing treatment for addictions, eating disorders, problem relationships, and stress and anxiety disorders––problems characterized by a lack of balance and resilience, they cultivate mindfulness, mindfulness meditation, self and other compassion and effective self-care .
