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Hardwiring Happiness

The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

by Rick Hanson, PhD
Rick Hanson, PhD
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With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. 
Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this.
 
Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism.
 
Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. You’ll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.

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  • Release date

    October 8, 2013

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780804128162
      • File size: 221153 KB
      • Duration: 07:40:44

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The author reads his cutting-edge book with the laid-back enthusiasm of a kind and experienced mental health professional. He scores big with his boyish sincerity and a clean-sounding voice, though better direction or editing might have reduced the number of timing glitches. Still, this is an empowering neuroscience presentation that is easy to hear and rich with practical suggestions. Hanson says that paying more attention to our day-to-day joys can rewire our brains to create more well-being, resiliency, and satisfaction. Intentionally focusing on these moments makes them more prominent than our more easily internalized negative experiences. It's a believable argument that what we think about can help us feel more consistently confident, cared about, and happy--no matter what's going on around us. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

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