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Pavel Somov
PSYCHOLOGIST/AUTHOR OF "EATING THE MOMENT," "PRESENT PERFECT," "THE LOTUS EFFECT"

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.2010

The Lotus Effect: Shedding Suffering and Rediscovering Your Essential Self

What if we could go through a day of spilled coffee, traffic snarls, and fights with our loved one, and emerge feeling balanced and unscathed? The Lotus Effect offers ancient meditative techniques designed to help readers do just that. Written by clinical psychologist and practicing Buddhist Pavel Somov, this book breaks down the 'lotus effect'-the ability of the lotus plant to...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.01.2010

Present Perfect: a Mindfulness Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism and the Need to Control

Treating perfectionism is difficult in part because perfectionists tend to take even the process of overcoming perfectionism extremely seriously, criticizing themselves for perceived mistakes in the therapeutic process and judging themselves harshly if they feel their progress has been too slow. Because mindfulness does not ask that perfectionists stop anxious thoughts and feelings...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.01.2008

Eating the Moment: 141 Mindful Practices to Overcome Overeating One Meal at a Time

Product DescriptionDo you use food to comfort yourself when you're feeling depressed or stressed? Do you sometimes eat simply because you're bored? There are so many opportunities to snack and overeat mindlessly, it's no wonder that most diets fail. But mindless eating can lead to health problems, obesity, and a feeling that you've lost control. Eating the Moment offers 141...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2012

Reinventing the Meal: How Mindfulness Can Help You Slow Down, Savor the Moment, and Reconnect with the Ritual of Eating

There’s nothing quite like a hot, soothing bowl of soup. It’s a leisurely meal—a purposeful one that offers pause for reflection between every savory spoonful. What if you approached every meal as if it were that delicious bowl of soup? In Reinventing the Meal, you’ll learn how to reconnect with your body, mind, and world with a three-course approach to mindful eating. Inside...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.01.2011

Smoke-Free Smoke Break: Stop Smoking Now with Mindfulness and Acceptance

As a smoker, you know how comforting stepping out for a smoke can be. Smoke breaks are relaxing rituals that can help you cope with stress, keep perspective, and feel good. So why give them up? With The Smoke-Free Smoke Break, you don’t have to. This groundbreaking approach presents a complete plan for quitting smoking safely by helping you transform your smoke breaks into a...

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Dec.24.2012 - 9:14 am

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I feel half-human today and that's ridiculously too much.

Dec.24.2012 - 9:13 am

Neural Bridges

I read today in Scientific American (Jan 2013 issue) about the work of Kacy Cullen and Douglas Smith (with University of Pennsylvania): this brilliant duo has been working on...

Dec.02.2012 - 1:41 am

A Neural Namaste in Nearly Real Time

1:27am. Baby has been crying so I am awake. Downstairs I sit down to read. I see a stink bug on the floor. Correction: I see a fellow neural colony inside a stink bug body-form. (...

Nov.16.2012 - 6:34 am

From Humankind to Neurokind to Kindness

Adi Da wrote in “Not-Two is Peace”: “Humankind is functioning on the principle of ego – or separate identity and separative activity. Separateness and separateness – or ego-”I...

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Aug.19.2012 - 3:48 pm

In response to: Reinvent Your Meal to Reinvent Yourself

well observed

well observed and well said, Mary.

Aug.19.2012 - 8:49 am

In response to: Reinvent Your Meal to Reinvent Yourself

Thank you, Mary

Thank you, Mary. Be well.

Apr.22.2012 - 2:36 pm

In response to: Time Is a Response

thank you

thank you, Brenden. may you too be reminded of one timeless Now.

Apr.03.2012 - 4:57 am

In response to: Megamillions

not

naught getting it is not a problem but getting it is

Mar.28.2012 - 10:45 am

In response to: Factual Hoarding

thank you

i sense some intensity here. thank you for sharing it.

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Poem: Word Salad

Essay: Rumi-nations on Coleman Barks

An Unofficial Apology to Smokers

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Audio: Interview with "Fully Alive!" Sirius Satellite Radio 11.26.08

Being human is a good gig. Being humane is a better gig. Enjoy the gig whatever it is. ”

About Pavel

GOAL: to help you reclaim eating moments of your life with meaning and moderation; to help you leverage self-acceptance and compassion; to help you appreciate the ordinary perfection of what is; and to help you rediscover your essential self. www....

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PSYCHOLOGIST/AUTHOR OF "EATING THE MOMENT," "PRESENT PERFECT," "THE LOTUS EFFECT"