Mindfulness Matters: A Guide to Mastering Your Life

by Pax Tandon

Get the insider’s scoop on how to attain a fully flourishing life. Encompassing deep dives into mind, body, and spirit, you will be introduced to the science of positive psychology, engage with the practice of mindfulness, learn how to build an optimally efficient body, and commit to an elevation of your spirit. This is flourishing in action! Whether struggling with anxiety or depression, searching to fill a missing void, or just interested in everyday self-care, you will learn to identify opportunities for growth and seamlessly integrate life-changing practices into daily habits. Replete with powerful affirmations and practice exercises throughout, you will be able to build the framework that fuels and furthers your evolutionary journey for years to come and changes the trajectory of your life forever.

224 pages, Paperback

Published June 28, 2018

Reviews

[Literary Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

MINDFULNESS MATTERS by wellness advocate and teacher Pax Tandon introduces readers to the practice of mindfulness and the science of positive psychology, with the aim of helping you develop a deeply healthy mind, body and spirit. Replete with life-affirming strategies for daily living, as well as affirmations and practice exercises, MINDFULNESS MATTERS helps you construct a foundation of health upon which you can draw for years to come. 4/5

Pub Date 01 Aug 2018

Thanks to Schiffer Publishing and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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[Amanda (Books, Life and Everything Nice) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley, Red Feather and Pax Tandon for an ebook copy to review. As always, an honest review from me.

Mindfulness Matters is a fun, kind, lighthearted book that covers a lot of topics. If you want to know the author’s thoughts on basically all aspects of life ranging from physical and mental health to dating and even alternative medicine, you will find it all here.

There are many topics in which I agree with her. The focus on sleep hygiene is great. I’m even going to take her suggestion and look into an app to filter out blue light. Also her focus on compassion which will help prevent anger is much appreciated. Most of the book highlights the importance of self care in some manner.

A lot of the book is the author telling her story. While it’s interesting and informative, I found it difficult to apply to my life. There were also parts that I absolutely disagree with. While she meant well, talking about post traumatic growth as an option instead of PTSD felt a little invalidating. Also I wish the mentions of hot yoga came with a health waring. Hot yoga can be wonderful, but also not safe for people with certain health conditions. Great for her, but not for all. While incredibly interesting, I’m not sure that all of the information was scientifically accurate, so a reminder to all to do their own research before making health, wellness, and lifestyle changes.

Obviously I have some strong concerns on the book. Enjoyable, informative, and highlights the benefits of alternative medicine and lifestyle choices. Just be cautious when making changes for yourself based on someone else’s lifestyle. Do what’s right for you.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy,2.5 stars. I definitely had some issues with this book and how to be mindful. Overall there a few good ideas and practices, but throughout the book I found myself shaking my head at some of the ideas and thoughts that the authors poses as mindfulness. I am fairly new to the mindfulness genre and would like to be more aware of it for my own being, but some things were just ridiculous. Maybe that's what the art of mindfulness is, just trusting in the universe to have all the answers. Honestly some of her personal anecdotes about her journey with mindfulness seemed a bit far fetched in my opinion. I do get having a more positive outlook on life will show you more positive things, but at points she would say that when she would get frustrated she would take a couple deep breaths and calm down and then one way or another it all worked out away and she was calm and happy. Maybe I perceived it this way I don't know, but it just seemed to easy to me. I've done breathing exercises and such but sometimes life isn't that simple.

The book is very interactive and does have some great points about mindfulness being about the whole body and soul and tips on how to achieve certain aspects of these parts of being mindful. I hoped to gain more than I did from it, bit I did get a new smoothie recipe from it so there's that!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read quite a few books and many articles about mindfulness in the past. This is much like many of the other books I have read. The author goes over basic ideas of mindfulness, while also sharing some personal stories. The book is broken up into three sections; The Mind, The Body and The Spirit. Each section is further broken down into chapters that discuss more specific topics. The thing I really liked about this book is that throughout the chapters, there are also activities for readers to complete which helps me personally to further understand the information.
The book goes over basic mindfulness and explains things like mindfulness breathing, as well as giving readers different ideas about how to implement mindfulness into their daily lives. Things like daily journaling and meditation are also explained throughout the book. Overall, I thought this was a good basic guide to individuals who want to try to put mindfulness to work in their daily lives. The activities throughout the book help the reader to gain more insight about themselves and what tools will work best for them.
Thank you to the publisher, Red Feather, for sending me a review copy of this book.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though the author’s education could make this book too scholarly, her age and experience make it approachable! I appreciate that it was written in an accessible, conversational tone with plenty of stories to support the research.

My key takeaways and just a few of the thoughts I’m retaining in the “Notes” on my phone so I can frequently revisit:

- Actions are at the root of our well-being
- Cluttered brain gets in the way of deep and agile thinking; full mind exploits
- Attend to our mental health throughout lifetime; not just when there’s a problem
- Gratitude generates loving-kindness, providing the one nutrient we all really need: love

I’m thankful that this book was brought into my life by the author’s public relations agency, Smith Publicity! My plan is to gift it to someone else who needs a boost of fierce mindfulness!

[Brianna Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mindfulness matters was a very enlightening read. What I learned was not just interesting but gave me food for thought too. With topics discussed such as stress, mental health, and psychology it made me evaluate my life. I looked at what I'm doing or not doing that I can help to alleviate or strengthen such as mindfulness and positivity. This doesn't mean life altering decisions but little things that can be changed to help my body and spirit for the rest of my life. I highly recommend this book if mindfulness, mental health, and avoiding stress matter to you.

I received this book from NetGalley and this is my unbiased opinion.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a well written book with some humor from the Author which is a perfect compliment to the subject matter. The steps are set up perfectly to help the reader reach the goals. Reading this book actually helped me restructure my goals and even change a few.