How to Train a Happy Mind
A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment
Watkins Media · Print & ebook · March 12, 2024
TRAIN YOUR MIND TOWARD LASTING CONNECTION AND JOY Eager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits.
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- Genres
- Meditation, The Pursuit of Happiness, Buddhism - General
- Published
- Watkins Media, March 12, 2024
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TRAIN YOUR MIND TOWARD LASTING CONNECTION AND JOY Eager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can achieve happiness using analytical meditation.
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Working in much the same way as cognitive behavioural therapy, analytical meditation goes beyond the calm-inducing practice of mindfulness to actively train the brain through easy-to-follow narrative visualizations. Breaking the path down into concise steps and written in a relatable tone with plenty of references to popular culture, this is the ideal book if you recognize your mind as both the source of your problems and the source of your solutions.
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| Meditation | 48% |
|---|---|
| Buddhism - General | 39% |
| The Pursuit of Happiness | 32% |
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Publisher categories
- Tibetan Buddhism
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- Meditation
- Authors
- Scott Snibbe, His Holiness The Dalai Lama
- Publisher
- Watkins Media
- Published
- March 12, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Tibetan Buddhism