Just One Thing
Rick Hanson, PhD, is a psychologist and the author of the best-selling book Buddha's Brain, which has been translated into twenty languages. He is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as an Affiliate of the University of California, Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. He has given talks at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and he teaches in meditation centers all over the world.
"It's the little things that count," as the saying goes. It's more than just a cliche. According to research, incorporating small daily practices into your life can actually change the way your brain works.
This guide provides simple things you can do on a regular basis, primarily inside your mind, to support and increase your sense of security and worth, resilience, effectiveness, well-being, insight, and inner peace. Taking in the good, protecting your brain, feeling safer, relaxing anxiety about imperfection, not knowing, enjoying your hands, seeking refuge, and filling the hole in your heart are some examples. You might be tempted to underestimate the power of these seemingly simple practices at first glance. However, they will gradually change your brain through a process known as experience-dependent neuroplasticity.
Whatever you are aware of in the present moment—sounds, sensations, thoughts, or your deepest longings—is based on underlying neural activities. This book provides simple brain training practices that you can do every day to protect yourself from stress, improve your mood, and increase your emotional resilience.
One practice per day can help you to:
- Take care of yourself.
- Enjoy your life as it is. Focus on your strengths.
- Be more efficient at home and at work.
- Make peace with your feelings.
Among the best books on gratitude, Just One Thing is a groundbreaking combination of mindfulness meditation and neuroscience that can help you deepen your sense of well-being and unconditional happiness. It includes over fifty daily practices that you can use anytime, anywhere.
Author: Rick Hanson PhD
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