Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
About this product
You've heard the expression, “It’s the little things that count.” It's more than a simple platitude. Research has shown that integrating little daily practices into your life can actually change the way your brain works. This guide offers simple things you can do routinely, mainly inside your mind, that will support and increase your sense of security and worth, resilience, effectiveness, well-being, insight, and inner peace. For example, they include: taking in the good, protecting your brain, feeling safer, relaxing anxiety about imperfection, not knowing, enjoying your hands, taking refuge, and filling the hole in your heart. At first glance, you may be tempted to underestimate the power of these seemingly simple practices. But they will gradually change your brain through what’s called experience-dependent neuroplasticity. Moment to moment, whatever you're aware of—sounds, sensations, thoughts, or your most heartfelt longings—is based on underlying neural activities. This book offers simple brain training practices you can do every day to protect against stress, lift your mood, and find greater emotional resilience. Just one practice each day can help you to:Be good to yourself
Enjoy life as it is
Build on your strengths
Be more effective at home and work
Make peace with your emotions
With over fifty daily practices you can use anytime, anywhere, Just One Thing is a groundbreaking combination of mindfulness meditation and neuroscience that can help you deepen your sense of well-being and unconditional happiness. Read more
Editor's Take
Goodreads reviewers generally describe Just One Thing as short, practical, and easy to digest, with many saying the exercises are useful for building mindfulness, resilience, and emotional well-being. Some readers praise the book as an accessible self-help guide that is simple to apply in daily life, while a few reviews suggest the ideas are familiar but still helpful as reminders. Google Play reviewers also call it a strong how-to book and say the practices are working for them. A blog review highlights the book’s focus on simple routines that support security, worth, and inner peace.
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Specifications
| Publisher | New Harbinger Publications |
| Publication date | October 1, 2011 |
| Edition | Original |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 232 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1608820319 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1608820313 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 5 x 0.25 x 6.75 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #125,824 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #135 in Buddhist Rituals & Practice (Books) #924 in Happiness Self-Help #1,160 in Meditation (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (864) |