Cutting Through the Mindfulness Muddle: A Book Review of Three Popular Mindfulness Interventions

Research shows numerous positive psychological benefits from mindful- ness-based interventions, including psychological flexibility, acute aware- ness, cognitive diffusion, and attentional control (Jekauc, Kittler, & Schlagheck, 2016). Mental skills consultants, coaches, and athletes face the dilemma of making sense of the plethora of mindfulness approaches. To provide some clarity on these approaches, this book review compares three of the leading books on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs).