Based on his own life experiences, travels and meditations, Chris Mitchell reflects on how mindfulness practice can help people with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) with daily challenges including negative thought patterns, emotional and sensory issues, and navigating the social world.This practical handbook provides advice and instruction on adopting a mindful way of living to help tune in to the present moment and each chapter provides step-by-step mindfulness exercises that allow indiv...

This book is essential reading to understand the social abilities of adults with Asperger's syndrome. The contributors each have different personalities and experiences, but together they provide a range of strategies to encourage people with Asperger's syndrome to achieve the social relationships they desire.'- Professor Tony AttwoodSocial interaction among neurotypical people is complex and in many ways illogical. To the person with Asperger Syndrome (AS) it is also woefu...

People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) can be particularly at risk of developing mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression. Here, adults with Asperger Syndrome speak out about their own experiences of mental health issues, offering sound advice for other Aspies and providing valuable insights for family, friends and also for mental health professionals.Touching on everything from difficulties at work and college to coping with low self-confidence, self-harm, alcohol, mi...

The kingdom of Hyarch has become divided by a bitter war over the dominion of the realm, tearing families and friends apart. Even after many years and countless lives lost, the battles continue with no signs of peace to be found.The Spellking, following in the footsteps of his father, seeks to impose the reign of magic wielders across the kingdom. The House of Roderick, a new dynasty rising to take the place of the old, has banned most forms of magic in turn. Amid this conflict, a ...

DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . HUMANS have sent JELLYFISH into SPACE, or that there is a PLANET made of ICE that’s on FIRE?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . . Why SPACE smells like RASPBERRIES?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . . With PLANETS made from DIAMONDS, STARS that could destroy our SOLAR SYSTEM and how long HUMANS could SURVIVE in space!This book is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest, filthiest, foulest, wisest, grossest, brainiest, biggest and best facts about space and the universe.

The kingdom of Hyarch has become divided by a bitter war over the dominion of the realm, tearing families and friends apart. Even after many years and countless lives lost, the battles continue with no signs of peace to be found.The Spellking, following in the footsteps of his father, seeks to impose the reign of magic wielders across the kingdom. The House of Roderick, a new dynasty rising to take the place of the old, has banned most forms of magic in turn. Amid this conflict, a ...

Speaking is a physical activity, and this fact should take a central role in second language learning where the physicality is different from that experienced with our native tongue. Here the authors seek to enable teachers to include meaningful work on the body and voice in the language classroom, providing both a theoretical background concerning the physicality of speech, and ready-to-use activities. Increasing learners’ awareness of what happens as they speak, through experimentation a...

DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . The RUSSIANS believe in the LESHI, a DANGEROUS creature who TICKLES its victims to DEATH, or that ST GEORGE was actually a ROMAN SOLDIER?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . . Which MYTHICAL creature SNEAKS into Japanese BATHROOMS to LICK them clean?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . . With stories of MISCHIEVOUS gods, unbelievable BEASTS and the GULLIBLE people who BELIEVED in them!This book is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest, filthiest, foulest, wisest, grossest, brainiest and ...

The kingdom of Hyarch has become divided by a bitter war over the dominion of the realm, tearing families and friends apart. Even after many years and countless lives lost, the battles continue with no signs of peace to be found.The Spellking, following in the footsteps of his father, seeks to impose the reign of magic wielders across the kingdom. The House of Roderick, a new dynasty rising to take the place of the old, has banned most forms of magic in turn. Amid this conflict, a ...

Named one of Elle Decor’s Best Coffee Table Books to Gift in 2022A tastemaking couple shares their playbook for creating a home that’s both beautiful and comfortableChris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán are design obsessives who both want the same thing: rooms that are spare yet warm, layered yet clean, current yet timeless. Rooms that never forget the real humans—with all their needs, hopes, emotions, aspirations, and even spills—who li...

DID YOU KNOW THAT. . . The STEGOSAURUS had a BRAIN the size of a WALNUT, or that there used to be SCORPIONS that grew to over TWO METRES in LENGTH?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW . . . Which PREHISTORIC animals DINOSAURS used to be AFRAID of?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS . . . By TELLING them about FEATHERED DINOSAURS, GIANT MILLIPEDES and FLYING GIRAFFES!This book is packed with the wildest, weirdest, funniest, filthiest, foulest, wisest, grossest, brainiest, oldest and best facts about the prehistoric world.

Understanding who you are can be a lonely and difficult process following the diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Asperger's Syndrome and Mindfulness illuminates this experience as an empowering path of discovery through the teachings of Buddhism.Chris Mitchell draws parallels between the experience of his own journey towards personhood through AS and the spiritual tenants of Theravada Buddhism, as outlined through the Eightfold Path, a guideline to personal development. Worry a...