10% happier
Subtitle: how I tamed the voice in my head, reduced stress without losing my edge, and found self-help that actually works -- a true story
By: Dan Harris
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning; Thorndike Press large print health, home & learning
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
ISBN-13: 9781410473080
Subjects: Television journalists; Buddhism; Mind and body; Anecdotes; Stress management; Meditation
Other titles: Ten percent happier
Description: After his nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. He realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had propelled him through the ranks of a hypercompetitive business, but had also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out. Eventually Harris stumbled upon an effective way to rein in that voice -- meditation, a tool that research suggests can do everything from lower your blood pressure to rewire your brain. Harris takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America's spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.
Table of contents: title: Air hunger; title: Unchurched; title: Genius or lunatic?; title: Happiness, inc; title: The Jew-bu; title: The power of negative thinking; title: Retreat; title: 10% happier; title: "The new caffeine"; title: The self-interested case for not being a dick; title: Hide the zen.