Jesus, 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 pract[...]
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 but slowly from the good ones.
You can change this.
Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden p[...]
The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else's ? and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights f[...]
The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else?s?and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights fro[...]
The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else's ? and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights f[...]
You?ve heard the expression, ?It's the little things that count.? Research has shown that little daily practices can change the way your brain works, too. This book offers simple brain-training practices you can do every day to protect against stress, lift your mood, and find greater emotional resil[...]
The Buddha and other great teachers were born with brains built essentially like anyone else?s?and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain. By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights fro[...]
Presents more than fifty simple practices readers can do each day to wire the brain for increased happiness, positive thinking, and wisdom. Written by Rick Hanson, author of "Buddha's Brain", this pocket-sized book helps readers reap the benefits of meditation through simple five to ten-minute pract[...]
Positive Neuroplasticity is based on a significant emerging insight from neuroscience: that to keep our ancestors alive, the human brain evolved to cling to negative experiences like Velcro and shrug off the positive ones like Teflon. The good news, teaches Rick Hanson, is that we can retrain our ne[...]
Your body has a natural sense of truth. But in our modern world, this innate wisdom is usually obscured by our conditioned beliefs and deep-seated attitudes that lead us astray as we go about our lives and work. How can we move beyond knee-jerk reactions to our experience and learn to receive and re[...]
Muuttamalla aivojasi voit muuttaa koko elämäsi.Buddhalla ja muilla suurilla opettajilla oli syntyessään suunnilleen samanlaiset aivot kuin kenellä tahansa. Se, millä tavalla he muuttivat aivojaan, muutti maailmaa. Tänään tiede pystyy osoittamaan, kuinka ajatusten virta muokkaa aivoja. Yhdis[...]
Joka päivä elämme ulkoisten voimien määräiltävänä. Niitä on kaikkialla markkinataloudesta ihmisiin, joiden kanssa elämme ja työskentelemme. Eikä siinä kaikki. Myös omat reaktiomme ulkoisiin voimiin määräilevät meitä. Ne juontavat juurensa sisällä omissa aivoissamme piilevistä [...]