Associate Professor Craig Hassed OAM is an internationally recognised expert in mindfulness who has widely presented at national and international seminars and conferences and has published extensively in the areas of mind–body medicine and mindfulness. Dr Hassed has devised and presented innovative mindfulness training programs as part of the core curriculum for medical and many other students at Monash University. His programs have also been included in elective programs at other universities in Australia and overseas. He has worked with many other experts in the area of mind–body medicine and mindfulness, and has been instrumental in promoting mindfulness as a simple, natural and accessible technique for enhancing wellness, preventing and managing illness, and improving performance within health, educational and corporate settings. Hassed is co-author of the two top-ranked online mindfulness courses in the world. He was the founding president of the Australian Teachers of Meditation Association, now Meditation Australia, and in 2019 received the medal of the Order of Australia for services to medicine.

"an inspiring call for clear thinking and a fresh appraisal of what freedom means", Brooke Hunter, Femail, The Freedom Trap

• Prologue 1. The freedom trap 2. In praise of freedom 3. So free we seem 4. Contemporary freedom - where are we now? 5. The philosophy of freedom 6. Freedom under the law 7. Liberte, egalite and fraternite - the politics of freedom 8. The science of freedom 9. The psychology of freedom 10. The ethics of freedom 11. Child rearing and education 12. Freedom of speech and privacy Epilogue Endnotes Index

Associate Professor Craig Hassed OAM is an internationally recognised expert in mindfulness who has widely presented at national and international seminars and conferences and has published extensively in the areas of mind–body medicine and mindfulness. Dr Hassed has devised and presented innovative mindfulness training programs as part of the core curriculum for medical and many other students at Monash University. His programs have also been included in elective programs at other universities in Australia and overseas. He has worked with many other experts in the area of mind–body medicine and mindfulness, and has been instrumental in promoting mindfulness as a simple, natural and accessible technique for enhancing wellness, preventing and managing illness, and improving performance within health, educational and corporate settings. Hassed is co-author of the two top-ranked online mindfulness courses in the world. He was the founding president of the Australian Teachers of Meditation Association, now Meditation Australia, and in 2019 received the medal of the Order of Australia for services to medicine.

"an inspiring call for clear thinking and a fresh appraisal of what freedom means", Brooke Hunter, Femail, The Freedom Trap

• Prologue 1. The freedom trap 2. In praise of freedom 3. So free we seem 4. Contemporary freedom - where are we now? 5. The philosophy of freedom 6. Freedom under the law 7. Liberte, egalite and fraternite - the politics of freedom 8. The science of freedom 9. The psychology of freedom 10. The ethics of freedom 11. Child rearing and education 12. Freedom of speech and privacy Epilogue Endnotes Index