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(2009) Clinical handbook of mindfulness, Dordrecht, Springer.
Mindfulness with children
working with difficult emotions
Trudy A. Goodman , Susan Kaiser Greenland
pp. 417-429
In Buddhist psychology, difficult emotions are defined as forces that visit the mind. Imagine that your mind is like water in a pot and your emotions are the wind. When the wind blows, the water ripples on the surface and the still water below is hidden from view. If you were to gaze at the water's surface your reflection would be obscured by ripples. Damaging emotions make it especially difficult to see the water's surface clearly; they make waves, and in the ensuing turbulence you may feel upset and confused. Mindfulness practice helps you see and calm the emotional turbulence, allowing your mind to be clearly reflected on the surface of the water. This is one way we talk to children about their feelings.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09593-6_23
Full citation:
Goodman, T. A. , Kaiser Greenland, S. (2009)., Mindfulness with children: working with difficult emotions, in F. Didonna (ed.), Clinical handbook of mindfulness, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 417-429.
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