Just One Thing : How to Build a Happy Brain One Small Practice at a Time
ISBN: 9781608820313 | 1608820319
Edition: OriginalFormat: Paperback
Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc
Pub. Date: 10/1/2011
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Combining meditative principles with fascinating neuroscientific research, Just One Thing 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#xED;s Brain, this pocket-sized book helps readers reap the benefits of meditation through simple five to ten-minute practices they can access anytime, anywhere.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Be Good to Yourself | |
| Be for Yourself | p. 12 |
| Take in the Good | p. 17 |
| Have Compassion for Yourself | p. 22 |
| Relax | p. 26 |
| See the Good in Yourself | p. 29 |
| Slow Down | p. 33 |
| Forgive Yourself | p. 37 |
| Get More Sleep | p. 42 |
| Befriend Your Body | p. 46 |
| Nourish Your ... MORE | p. 50 |
| Protect Your Brain | p. 54 |
| Enjoy Life | |
| Take Pleasure | p. 58 |
| Say Yes | p. 60 |
| Take More Breaks | p. 64 |
| Be Glad | p. 68 |
| Have Faith | p. 72 |
| Find Beauty | p. 76 |
| Be Grateful | p. 79 |
| Smile | p. 82 |
| Get Excited | p. 85 |
| Build Strengths | |
| Find Strength | p. 90 |
| Be Mindfu | p. 93 |
| Be Patient | p. 98 |
| Enjoy Humility | p. 102 |
| Pause | p. 106 |
| Have Insight | p. 109 |
| Use Your, Will | p. 113 |
| Make Refuge | p. 117 |
| Risk the Dreaded Experience | p. 120 |
| Aspire without Attachment | p. 126 |
| Keep Going | p. 130 |
| Engage the World | |
| Be Curious | p. 134 |
| Enjoy Your Hands | p. 138 |
| Don't Know | p. 141 |
| Do What You Can | p. 146 |
| Accept the Limits of Your Influence | p. 149 |
| Tend to the Causes | p. 152 |
| Don't Be Alarmed | p. 156 |
| Put Out Fires | p. 160 |
| Dream Big Dreams | p. 164 |
| Be Generous | p. 167 |
| Be at Peace | |
| Notice You're All Right Right Now | p. 172 |
| Honor Your Temperament | p. 176 |
| Love Your Inner Child | p. 182 |
| Don't Throw Darts | p. 186 |
| Relax Anxiety about Imperfection | p. 190 |
| Respond, Don't React | p. 194 |
| Don't Take It Personally | p. 198 |
| Feel Safer | p. 202 |
| Fill the Hole in Your Heart | p. 206 |
| Let Go | p. 212 |
| Love | p. 216 |
| References | p. 221 |
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Rick hanson, phd is a neuropsychologist, author of Buddha's Brain, Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley and an Invited speaker at Oxford Harvard, and Stanford universities.
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