Overview

Pain can be a big, unwieldy box that we struggle to carry all day. But what if we could put down this box, unpack it, and tackle the contents one by one? Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain is Dr. Christiane Wolf’s radically clear, evidence-based guide to relieving chronic pain with mindfulness, complete with twenty easy guided meditations and self-compassion practices, including: rewriting the “pain story” you tell yourself practicing loving acceptance of your body as it is mindfully working through negative emotions strengthening your inner and outer support systems. Publisher’s note: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain is an updated and revised edition of Outsmart Your Pain.

Full Product Details

Author:   Christiane Wolf ,  Daniel J. Siegel
Publisher:   The Experiment LLC
Imprint:   The Experiment LLC
Edition:   Revised Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.266kg
ISBN:  

9798893031089

Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 December 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Daniel J. Siegel, MD Introduction: An Opportunity to change your brain Part 1: Caring for Yourself You Are Not Your Pain Meditation: You are not your pain The Pain Story Practice: Writing reflection on the pain story Meditation: The pain story The Box We Call Pain Practice: Working with thoughts, sensations, and emotions Meditation: Opening the box of pain: exploring sensations, thoughts, and emotions Self-Compassion for Pain Meditation: Self-compassion for pain Part 2: Making Peace Ending the War with Your Body Meditation: Kindness body scan Finding Your Internal Support Group Meditation: Shared humanity: calling up the internal support group Collecting Pearls Practice: Collecting pearls Meditation: Yes, and… Part 3: Handling Big Emotions The Dark Clouds of Depression Meditation: Safe and pain free in the body The Fear of Making Grief Real Meditation: Being with grief Numbing Out Meditation: Urge surfing Anger is a Mixed Bag Meditation: Safely exploring anger Freeing Yourself from the Prison of Resentment Meditation: Forgiveness Part 4: The Pain of Connecting and Disconnecting Dealing with Ignorance Meditation: Dealing with hurtful remarks Loving Someone with Chronic Pain Meditation: Equanimity: every person is on their own life’s journey Finding Your People Meditation: Finding strength and joy in connections with others Part 5: Shifting Perspective The Comparing Mind Meditation: Releasing your comparing mind Making Meaning Making meaning: silver lining backward and forward The Paradox of Doing Nothing Meditation: Doing nothing The Big Picture Meditation: The big picture Stop Trying to Get Better Meditation: OK as you are Epilogue: Closing Thoughts Resources Acknowledgments About the Author

Reviews

""A Best Mindfulness Book of 2021—Mindful.org ""Mindfulness and compassion practices should be in everybody’s toolbox for a happier and healthier life. But people dealing with chronic health challenges have it especially hard. Dr. Wolf’s accessible, down-to-earth—and beautifully designed—book is essential reading for providers who treat chronic illnesses and for those suffering from them."" -- Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global ""A brilliant guide for transforming our relationship with pain. Step by step, we learn to meet difficult experience with mindfulness, curiosity and kindness, dissolving the resistance that obscures our full aliveness and radiant spirit."" -- Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion ""This is a fantastic book, bringing together the kindness and depth of a meditation teacher with the science and tools of an experienced physician. Every page is insightful, helpful, and heartfelt. Highly recommended!"" -- Rick Hanson, PhD, author of Resilient and Buddha’s Brain ""Brilliant in its simplicity and effectiveness, Dr. Wolf offers us truly healing and revolutionary medicine. Try it!"" -- Jack Kornfield, PhD, author of A Path With Heart ""If you are living with any type of pain, be it physical or chronic, stress in the mind or body, [Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain] is a wonderful resource. Thoughtfully and compassionately written, this book will support and guide you in understanding your relationship to pain and the healing journey."" -- Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Change

Author Information

Christiane Wolf, MD, PhD, is a physician turned mindfulness and compassion teacher and a senior teacher at InsightLA (InsightLA.org) in Los Angeles, California. She trains teachers and teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindful Self-Compassion to groups and individuals in the US and across Europe. With her medical background, one of her specialties is working with people who suffer from chronic illness and pain. Dr. Wolf is a lead teacher and program developer for the nationwide mindfulness facilitator training for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Wolf is also a Buddhist teacher in the vipassana (insight) meditation tradition and has received teacher transmission from Trudy Goodman and Jack Kornfield. She is the coauthor, with Greg Serpa, of A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness. Dr. Wolf lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.

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