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DescriptionI dont trust myself and I always worry about what others think of me... Sound familiar? With astounding clarity, Chapman identifies othering as womens internalized gender conditioning, which creates disempowering beliefs that cause them to doubt their own worth and lose themselves in relationships. Based on decades of study, this warm and practical book is an intimate journey exploring mindfulness as a powerful practice aimed at transforming these patterns. Chapman encourages compassionate insight, connection with authentic self, and respect for inner authority. The ultimate destination is unshakeable confidence: the deep, stable, inner trust to handle whatever is happening in life-from the awful and unbearable to the outrageously amazing and wonderful. The book is beautifully designed to follow Chapmans popular nine-week meditation class that trains the mind, heart, and body. It builds on Ownwork practices the reader can use in formal meditation sits, or informally, in daily moments like sitting in the car or waiting in line. Each chapter includes easy-to-follow Check-Ins and Practice sections leading the reader toward gentle yet unflinching connection with ones own direct experience.UNSHAKEABLE CONFIDENCE is a book for every woman- its about giving yourself loving kindness.- its about gaining self-confidence through mindfulness meditation.- its about finding steadfast, unshakeable, authentic, lasting change through practice.- its about anchoring yourself in the midst of gender-conditioned shoulds.- its about Mare being right there with you, cheering you on every step of the way Mare Chapman has given us a wonderful resource for transforming suffering. Unshakeable Confidence lovingly reveals painful ways women tend to hold themselves, then outlines deeply empowering alternatives by providing mindfulness-based tools to bring them to life. Highly recommended for any woman who feels stuck with insecurity.- Sharon Salzbergauthor of Lovingkindness and Real HappinessUnshakeable Confidence illuminates the cultural conditioning that adversely affects nearly all women-in body, mind, and spirit. Its reframing of codependence, learned helplessness, and relationship addiction as othering is groundbreaking. And, most importantly, it gives all of us precise instructions for how to come back home to our essential, healthy, confident selves. Every woman needs to know and practice whats in these pages.-Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Goddesses Never Age, Wisdom of Menopause, and Womens Bodies, Womens WisdomUnshakeable Confidence clearly and directly shines the light of mindfulness on our cultural conditioning as women. With kind expertise, Mare Chapman teaches mindfulness with an eye toward gender equity, guiding the reader toward more ease, empowerment and freedom. This special book is so needed for women, especially at this time - Tara Brachauthor of Radical Acceptance and True RefugeEvery so often a book comes along that has the potential to change your life. In her groundbreaking book Unshakeable Confidence, Mare Chapman offers a unique and loving vision of how women can reconnect to the luminous depths of our true selves. Drawing on years of experience as a mindfulness teacher, Unshakeable Confidence reflects the authors profound understanding of the roots of womens suffering and provides a wise and practical guide to rediscovering self-love. A pure gem of a book - Dale M. Kushner author of The Conditions of LoveAbout the AuthorMare Chapman. M.A., is a psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher in private practice since 1983. An insight meditation vipassana practitioner for 30 years. Mare finds mindfulness to be the most transformative tool for working with the mind to handle the gamut of lifes challenges with greater ease and stability. Also trained in interactive guided imagery, Mare brings a holistic approach to her work. She began her work at a psychiatric hospital in Detroit, MI, and taught at Wayne State University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1976 she founded and directed the Yahara House, the first non-profit in Wisconsin to offer day treatment service to adults with chronic mental illness. Mare teaches a popular nine-week Mindfulness for Women class, on which this book is based. She has mentored more than 5000 students on a range of applications including self-acceptance, compassion, befriending fear, chronic pain and life-threatening illness, eating disorders, Loving Kindness, LGBTQ issues, and teen challenges. She leads meditation retreats, makes presentations, conducts trainings, and consults with companies and non-profits on mindfulness. She teaches clinicia
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