Train Your Brain for Happiness

The Neuroscience of Bringing Peace, Contentment & Love into Your Life

By: Rick Hanson PhD

Narrated by: Rick Hanson PhD

Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Happiness: Is It a Matter of Luck...or a Learnable Skill?

Why do some people seem happier than others, regardless of their situation? In the face of fear, sadness, and other emotional suffering, we may believe that there's simply something wrong with us. Yet in his decades of pioneering research, Dr. Rick Hanson has revealed a simple yet profound truth: Happiness can be learned. And like any other skill, it can support us throughout our lives.

Overcoming Our "Negativity Bias"

Because the brain evolved to help us survive dangers and threats, teaches Hanson, negative experiences stick to our minds like Velcro, while positive ones slip away like Teflon. It's the reason why it's so hard to rest fully in our moments of contentment, and why we get pulled so easily into unhappiness.

But there's hope. Ever-growing neuroscience revelations show that we can change our biological negativity bias. We can train ourselves to build a reservoir of uplifting experiences on a neurological level. We can shift the balance of our reality toward happiness.

A Neuroscience-Based Program Refined by Years of Research

In this complete audio program, Rick Hanson guides you through a wealth of core insights, life strategies, and powerful practices that have helped thousands. With him, you'll learn to move out of despair and into resilience, from worry to inner peace, reactivity to grounded self-control, shame to self-compassion, pessimism to an abiding optimism.

Highlights:

• Overcome your brain's negativity bias
• Take back control of your emotions and your life
• Heal old inner wounds to nurture security, connection, and compassion
• Create a reserve of positive experiences to draw upon when you need it
• Amplify your appreciation and enjoyment in each moment
• Get into the "Green Zone", your optimal state of fulfillment, love, and courage
• Over eight hours of actionable insights and instruction for a happier life

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©2020 Rick Hanson, PhD (P)2020 Sounds True

Mindfulness based positive psychology

Another review mentions audio problems. I just want to start by saying I had none. It was never exclusive to this book either. It was a temporary thing that affected audible I think as I had it with another book. It was temporary on that book and went away when I played it back a second time. Great "book" It's actually a seminar that the audio was recorded of and includes questions and answers. All the meditations are placed at the end of the book as well as bonus meditations that I'm pretty sure come from another book or two of his. Rick Hanson has another book that came out the same year as this one. I'd choose between this one and that one and NOT both as I think 90% or more probably overlaps. He also has meditation books on site that I'd avoid as I think they contain the bonus meditations found in here and most likely the other new one. Now to the actual book! I would say Rick is mindfulness based positive psychology. A lot of the same things come up in both. I actually like this because it gives you more ways to decrease your negativity bias that don't overlap the tradition positive psychology exercises. Quick recap: Despite other post, there's no audio problems. Choose this book or Neurodharma and not both as I think they're probably very similar. Avoid older Rick Hanson meditation only books as the bonus meditations in here I think are the same ones. Great mindfulness based positive psychology meditation program that doesn't overlap traditional positive psychology.

would like refund

file corrupted. sound stops repetitively.
never had this happen with any other audiobook.
so frustrating.