Conscious Happiness
Author: Samm Sinclair Baker
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780553023565
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Outsmart Your Smartphone
Author: Tchiki Davis
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2019-11-01
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1684033519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo you have "smartphone syndrome?" This refreshingly honest how-to guide will help you find balance and build meaningful connections in a screen-obsessed world. Do you spend hours every day on your smartphone or tablet? Reading the news, shopping for clothes, checking your email, and catching up on social media? Do you scroll through blog articles and text with your friends while waiting in line at the DMV or the grocery store, avoiding any chance interactions with actual human beings? If so, you aren’t alone. Most of us are stuck on a hedonic treadmill of push-button notifications, friend updates, and text messages. But the real question is—are we happy? And, if not, how can we increase our happiness in the age of tech? Outsmart Your Smartphone is not a book about the evils of technology—it’s a road map for achieving happiness using all the tools available to you, including your phone. With this smart and irreverent guide, you’ll find seven steps to help you use technology in ways that increase your well-being, and find tips and tricks for overcoming the obstacles that technology creates. You’ll also learn to: Reconnect with your values, including kindness and gratitude Find your purpose in life—and then live it Use technology to do good things in the world Be fully present in each moment using mindfulness Our technology crazed, social media-obsessed world does nothing if not make us more self-focused. This book will help you harness the power of that focus and magnify your happiness, for yourself and the greater good. You don’t even have to throw out your phone!
Hardwiring Happiness
Author: Rick Hanson, PhD
Publisher: Harmony
Published: 2016-12-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0385347332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this. Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism. Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. You’ll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.
And Breathe
Author: Rebecca Dennis
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2016-10-20
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1409168336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA wellbeing guide to the art of conscious breathing techniques: boost energy, combat stress and improve heart health from 'The UK's leading breath coach' Sunday Times 'This book is a must-read' Vogue Breathing is something we all know how to do. And yet, the majority of teenagers and adults let go of their natural ability to breathe fully. We are conditioned from an early age to control our feelings and emotions, and as a result our muscles tighten and our breathing patterns become restricted. The impact on our mental and physical wellbeing is huge. By learning how to consciously connect to our breath and encourage its natural rhythms, we can harmonise the body and mind, live life fully, find emotional freedom and feel empowered. And Breathe teaches readers how to harness the power of conscious breathing, a technique which helps alleviate stress, fatigue and negative emotions such as anger, frustration and depression, leaving readers feel calm yet energised, focused yet relaxed. It is a practical guide to letting go of the unwanted patterns of emotions, blockages and tension which hold us back and includes simple to follow exercises, tips, case studies, interviews and testimonials.
Buddha's Brain
Author: Rick Hanson
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2011-07-13
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1459624157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJesus, Moses, Mohammed, Gandhi, and the Buddha all had brains built essentially like anyone else's, yet they were able to harness their thoughts and shape their patterns of thinking in ways that changed history. With new breakthroughs in modern neuroscience and the wisdom of thousands of years of contemplative practice, it is possible for us to shape our own thoughts in a similar way for greater happiness, love, compassion, and wisdom. Buddha's Brain joins the forces of modern neuroscience with ancient contemplative teachings to show readers how they can work toward greater emotional well-being, healthier relationships, more effective actions, and deepened religious and spiritual understanding. This book will explain how the core elements of both psychological well-being and religious or spiritual life-virtue, mindfulness, and wisdom--are based in the core functions of the brain: regulating, learning, and valuing. Readers will also learn practical ways to apply this information, as the book offers many exercises they can do to tap the unused potential of the brain and rewire it over time for greater peace and well-being.
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Stephen Eric Bronner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017-09-22
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0190692693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCritical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations. This Very Short Introduction sheds light on the cluster of concepts and themes that set critical theory apart from its more traditional philosophical competitors. Bronner explains and discusses concepts such as method and agency, alienation and reification, the culture industry and repressive tolerance, non-identity and utopia. He argues for the introduction of new categories and perspectives for illuminating the obstacles to progressive change and focusing upon hidden transformative possibilities. In this newly updated second edition, Bronner targets new academic interests, broadens his argument, and adapts it to a global society amid the resurgence of right-wing politics and neo-fascist movements.
The Conscious Entrepreneur
Author: Laura C. Cannon
Publisher:
Published: 2015-08-10
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780996558600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this profound introduction to conscious entrepreneurship, author and coach Laura C. Cannon teaches you how to harness your unique gifts and the power of your own consciousness to maximize your satisfaction - and deepen your enjoyment - of your business and your life. Grounded in research from the fields of modern psychology, eastern philosophy, and personal development, this book explains six core principles necessary for radical, transformational change - personally and professionally. By teaching you to use your business as the vehicle for your personal growth, The Conscious Entrepreneur delivers timeless wisdom and practical exercises to help you think, act, and live the path to your highest potential - without adding to your already-packed schedule. Forget work-life balance, get ready to shift into work-life integration for more happiness, stronger relationships, and a higher return on your investment in every sense of the word. "To succeed in business, entrepreneurs first need to develop themselves. The Conscious Entrepreneur shares concrete insights that will help you transform your life and achieve true greatness, both personally and professionally." - Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You and Stand Out "Laura C. Cannon expertly serves up the 'secret sauce' that sets the world's greatest entrepreneurs apart, and shows you how to pour it on yourself with six foundational concepts of higher-level thinking and learning." - Christine Hassler, best-selling author of Expectation Hangover "In this succinct guide, Laura C. Cannon shows you how to find and use your purpose, and helps entrepreneurs realize their potential, transform their businesses and create more happiness in the world." - Jenn Lim, CEO & Co-Founder of Delivering Happiness, Consultant at Zappos.com "Wow, I felt like Laura C. Cannon was talking directly to me about success and finding my own true place. It's not new-age dreaming, it's practical advice we can all use." - Alan Berg, Certified Speaking Professional and Business Guru "Owning a business enterprise is hard, takes skill, and requires heart. Laura C. Cannon fluently translates those thoughts into actionable items with candid insights and excellent questions that every entrepreneur - no matter what level - should address." - Linnyette Richardson-Hall, Wedding Planner and Industry Expert Featured on Style Network's Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?
Mindfulness
Author: Lani Muelrath
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-03-16
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 0744041538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBe present in the here and now and cultivate inner peace by living in the moment with mindfulness Are you struggling to be present in the moment with wandering thoughts? This book will help you discover powerful tools to gain deeper understanding, calmness, and clarity through meditation practices in your daily life. This self-help book will teach you simple mindfulness meditations and exercises that will help you be more consciously aware. It includes: • An overview of mindfulness, how it works, and how to practice it daily • Guidance on alleviating anxiety, depression, anger, and addiction • Tips on getting over your emotional hurdles by improving mental clarity and discipline • Advice on improving communication in your relationships with mindfulness • Advanced meditation methods to maximize the benefits of mindfulness Did you know you have the ability to slow down racing thoughts, let go of negativity and calm your body and mind using mindfulness? Mindfulness expert, Domyo Sater Burk will show you how to be consciously present and aware, in a specific moment and your life in general. Explore proven meditation techniques that will allow you to reclaim your life, relieve stress, and improve your wellbeing. With regular practice, use the mindfulness meditations in this guidebook to learn to be more conscious of and attentive to your body, feelings, and patterns of thought. Doing so will lead to greater knowledge and understanding of yourself. Better yet, the positive effects of regular mindfulness are easy to achieve!
Happy Death
Author: Albert Camus
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2012-08-08
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0307827844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author lays the foundation for The Stranger, telling the story of an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. In A Happy Death, written when Albert Camus was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in 1960, revealed himself to an extent that he never would in his later fiction. For if A Happy Death is the study of a rule-bound being shattering the fetters of his existence, it is also a remarkably candid portrait of its author as a young man. As the novel follows the protagonist, Patrice Mersault, to his victim's house -- and then, fleeing, in a journey that takes him through stages of exile, hedonism, privation, and death -it gives us a glimpse into the imagination of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. For here is the young Camus himself, in love with the sea and sun, enraptured by women yet disdainful of romantic love, and already formulating the philosophy of action and moral responsibility that would make him central to the thought of our time. Translated from the French by Richard Howard
Conscious Living
Author: Gay Hendricks
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2001-01-09
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780062514875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his bestselling book Conscious Living, pioneering therapist Gay Hendricks taught couples how to find balance and happiness in relationships.Now he gives us Conscious Living, a practical guide for the individual that brings new insights into a fundamental truth of daily truth of daily life. Five simple lessons of "conscious living", rooted in the ancient traditions of Stoicism and Taoism, help us overcome obstacles and fears and awaken our own creativity.
