Dr Danny Penman Ph.D. is the bestselling author of Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world, co-written with Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, and co-author of Mindfulness for Health with Vidyamala Burch. He is a qualified mindfulness teacher who first learned to meditate when he was 16. He is also a feature and comment writer for the Daily Mail, having previously worked for the Independent and the BBC. Danny has hosted mindfulness seminars for directors and senior figures from many leading companies. He is a frequent commentator on mindfulness for the BBC and various national newspapers.
Is mental clutter clouding your mind and stifling your creativity and enjoyment of life?
To-do lists, work deadlines, family commitments, pressure to perform - our frantic lives demand so much from us that we often feel locked in a cycle of frustration and stress, unable to face the tasks before us or see a way out of our unhappiness or exhaustion. Yet there is a way out.
The simple mindfulness techniques at the heart of Mindfulness for a More Creative Life dissolve anxiety and stress, and have been proven to enhance creativity, problem-solving and decision- making - skills that are needed not only by 'creatives' but by anyone who wants to lead a happier, more spontaneous life.
This easy-to-follow, four-week programme takes just 10-20 minutes a day and works by soothing the mind, giving you the space to form new ideas and ways of seeing things. It reveals how much of life is controlled by habitual ways of thinking and approaching the world, and shows how you can follow a more creative and productive approach.
Life is chaotic, but by adopting the mindfulness mediations in this programme you will become more resilient, less anxious and more able to cultivate the stillness the allows creativity to flourish.