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    Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
    Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
    Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
    Audiobook4 hours

    Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time

    Written by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

    Narrated by Fred Stella

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    About this audiobook

    You've heard the expression, “It’s the little things that count.” It's more than a simple platitude. Research has shown that integrating little daily practices into your life can actually change the way your brain works.

    This guide offers simple things you can do routinely, mainly inside your mind, that will support and increase your sense of security and worth, resilience, effectiveness, well-being, insight, and inner peace. For example, they include: taking in the good, protecting your brain, feeling safer, relaxing anxiety about imperfection, not knowing, enjoying your hands, taking refuge, and filling the hole in your heart. At first glance, you may be tempted to underestimate the power of these seemingly simple practices. But they will gradually change your brain through what’s called experience-dependent neuroplasticity.

    Moment to moment, whatever you're aware of—sounds, sensations, thoughts, or your most heartfelt longings—is based on underlying neural activities. This audiobook offers simple brain training practices you can do every day to protect against stress, lift your mood, and find greater emotional resilience.

    Just one practice each day can help you to:

    • Be good to yourself
    • Enjoy life as it is
    • Build on your strengths
    • Be more effective at home and work
    • Make peace with your emotions

    With over fifty daily practices you can use anytime, anywhere, 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 8, 2012
    ISBN9781455863785
    Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
    Author

    Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

    Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist and meditation teacher. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, he cofounded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and edits the Wise Brain Bulletin. He and his wife have two children.

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    • 5/5
      A very inspiring book! Every chapter gives something to think about and inspire.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Was sad to reach the end of this audio book! Lots of great information and easy to apply.

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    • 4/5
      What an incredible premise- apparently supported by research. How you think and breathe and react to situations can actually affect the wiring of your brain! There are practices that can help you in developing calmness and joy in living. Fifty-two practices are described. I think the average person would respond to about five activities, but, if repeated, these practices can improve life. I'm trying a few!