Podcasts from Oxford University
‘New Psychology of Depression’ podcasts from Oxford University via iTunesU
We live in a world filled with material wealth, live longer and healthier lives, and yet anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and depression have never been more common. What are the driving forces behind these interlinked global epidemics? In this series, Professor Mark Williams, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at Oxford University, discusses the recent scientific advances that have radically altered our understanding of depression and related disorders. Professor Williams and Dr Danny Penman also discuss the latest treatments and therapies that are offering hope to those suffering from depression. Professor Williams co-developed Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), a treatment for anxiety, stress and depression that is at least as effective as drugs at preventing new episodes of depression. It’s now one of the preferred treatments for depression recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. The same technique, based upon an ancient form of meditation, can also help us cope more effectively with the relentless demands of our increasingly frantic world. Professor Williams and Dr Penman are authors of the bestselling book Mindfulness.
You can download the podcasts from HERE:
LATEST BOOK: Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World
‘This book walks you gently through the beautiful, messy process of being human, and teaches you how and why all can be well’ Sir Kenneth Branagh.
There are moments in life that decide your fate. They ripple into the future and dictate how you experience the world in the moments that follow; either positive and uplifting, dark and chaotic, or flat and dull.
What if you could recognise these moments before they seized control of your life? What if you could use them to set sail for a better future? What if all moments, big and small, could be harnessed this way?
In Deeper Mindfulness, Oxford Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman reunite to present a new eight-week guided meditation programme that takes mindfulness to the next level. Deeper Mindfulness reveals how the latest advances in neuroscience, combined with millennia old wisdom, can be used to transform your life. These discoveries open the doors to a deeper layer of mindfulness known as the ‘feeling tone’. This sets the ‘background colour’ that tinges your entire experience of life. It is also the tipping point from which you can reclaim your life in an increasingly stressful and chaotic world.
Proven effective at treating anxiety, stress and depression, the practices in Deeper Mindfulness offer a new and more fruitful direction for both novice and experienced meditators. It also allows the rest of us to approach life with renewed strength, vigour and equanimity.
‘They’ve done it again! Read this book as if your life depended on it’ Ruby Wax.
Download Chapter One for free (the US & UK versions are the same apart from the cover)
To Mark Williams:
Thank you for offering me the CD’s. I’d love to have them. But I just discovered that Amazon has fixed the problem of listening to the guided meditations on my Kindle: they’ve added MP3 access, and the files are there, and they work.
The book is truly helpful. I’m deeply grateful for it.
Anne Easlick