Life in Five Senses

How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

De: Gretchen Rubin

Narrado por: Gretchen Rubin

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses.

“An inspiring and practical guide to living in the moment.”—Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet

For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she’d been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She’d spent so much time stuck in her head that she’d allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world rediscovered by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.

In this journey of self-experimentation, Rubin explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and her own efforts to practice what she learns, she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world.

From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup and adding favorite songs to a playlist, to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attending Flavor University, Rubin show us how to experience each day with depth, delight, and connection. In the rush of daily life, she finds, our five senses offer us an immediate, sustainable way to cheer up, calm down, and engage the world around us—as well as a way to glimpse the soul and touch the transcendent.

Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives—and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of additional resources from the book

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“Right now, what the world needs most is people who have come to their senses—who have reunited with the power and wisdom of their bodies. Gretchen Rubin’s Life in Five Senses—woven with research, practice, and a compelling story—invites us into the seismic shift toward a life grounded in sensation, vitality, and innate intelligence.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed and founder of Together Rising

“Life in Five Senses is a great opportunity to spend time in Gretchen Rubin’s inimitable company. But it’s also an inspiring and practical guide to living in the moment. Many books have tried to teach us the power of the present. But Rubin creates her own tools and forges her own path—one that readers will surely want to follow.”—Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet and Quiet

“Gretchen Rubin always helps us notice the seemingly small but vitally important aspects of life that make us happier. In this fascinating exploration of our five senses, she shows us how paying closer attention to our daily experience of the exterior world can shift our interior worlds in remarkable ways. . . . A delightful treat, in every sense (pun intended)!”—Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

“What a wonderful wake-up call! Thanks to Gretchen Rubin, I’ve been noticing more, savoring more, tasting and smelling more—and it’s made my life far more interesting. My only regret is that I read the ebook of Life in Five Senses instead of the hardcover. I missed the chance to feel the paper, hear the sound of the pages flipping.”—A.J. Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically

“A charming journey through the science and experience of fully engaging your senses of smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast Re:Thinking

“We see, but how often do we really see? We taste things, but how often do we really taste things? Life in Five Senses opens us up to the hidden beauty of the world by allowing us to see and feel in high definition. By using all our senses like we have used them before, we can feel a deeper connection with our own existence and resonate more deeply with the existence of others.”—Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Transcend and host of The Psychology Podcast

She does it again!

Gretchen Rubin has become one of my all time favorite authors with her story telling abilities & attention to detail. Though she may appeal to a crowd looking for helpful tips around the home, I view her as a modern philosopher with great ideas about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. Life in five senses is thought provoking and provides appropriate answers to the questions she raises & the questions you have as you read. I pre ordered a physical copy but couldn’t wait to read, so I downloaded and listened here!

Beautiful

Has really changed the way that I am engaging in my environment. I was skeptical going into the audiobook but 15 minutes in I could not stop listening.

Engaging and educational

I loved listening to this book so much that I ultimately bought a physical copy, too. I am now digging into some of the resources and planning a sensory summer for my family - what fun!

Loved it!

This book made me think about how I see the world and made me want to be more present and aware. I loved it!

So many good practices here

Entertaining, great ideas and practices, interesting personal anecdotes - I really enjoyed this short listen (extra words to submit this review)

Bored Me

I stopped 2 hrs in and am returning the book because it felt like any more hours of my life dedicated to this was a waste. I got the gist in first hour. I’m an artist so maybe a lot of it was kind of second nature to me, but I felt that this book should have had more substance beyond it being only about the things she did every day. Found it boring to listen to someone recounting their life story or experiment. Not crazy about how she narrates either.

A wonderfully immersive audio book

Gretchen Rubin takes us along on her immersive journey through the 5 senses. So enlightening!

Engaging and Relaxing

I have read several Gretchen Rubin's books and I was surprised to realize that this was one of my favorites. I've become more tuned into the richness of my world, and curating a better and richer environment as a sm result.
Ms Rubin has a beautiful gift for turning her thoughts and experiences into a gift for the listener.
She is her own narrator and this helps highlight her points.
I may listen again in the future because her perspective truly fills me with delight and peace.

stop and notice the world

this book is a great reminder of what we take for granted, our senses. Although I've quite Mindful of my senses since the childhood, I never made a point of going on deeper exploration of individual sense, that gave me some ideas.

Amazing insight on your senses!!

When my children were little I used to teach them about their 5 senses. But I really haven’t paid as much attention since then. I absolutely loved the book!! I’ve been putting it into practice.