A Mindful Nation

Name: A Mindful Nation
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Tim Ryan
ISBN: 9781401939342

Author: Tim Ryan

Narrator: Tim Ryan

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hay House LLC

Published: 03/07/2012

Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Human Geography

Synopsis

All across America, people are feeling squeezed-running faster and faster yet falling farther behind. The economy struggles, wars rage on, and every week brings news of another environmental disaster. Everything seems broken and people feel helpless. Despite this bleak outlook, a quiet hope is emerging throughout the nation. People are beginning to face challenges in a new way-by slowing down, paying attention, and becoming aware of their inner resources. This new way, which is based on the timeless practice of mindfulness and the core American values of self-reliance, determination, and getting the job done, is affecting every sector of society.

In A Mindful Nation, Congressman Tim Ryan connects the dots between what's happening with mindfulness in the classrooms, boardrooms, research labs, and military bases across the country. He explores the scientific findings that support the beneficial effects of mindfulness and shares powerful stories from the field. Ryan also provides tips for how to incorporate mindfulness into your life today. He combines a practical approach with a hopeful vision for how mindfulness can help reinvigorate the American Dream.

About The Author

Tim Ryan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and is currently serving in his fifth term representing Ohio's 17th Congressional District. He maintains a strong commitment to the economic and social well-being of his constituents in northeast Ohio. He serves as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, as well as its subcommittees on Readiness and on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. He also serves as a member of the House Budget Committee and co-chairman of the Congressional Manufacturing Caucus. Congressman Ryan has a daily mindfulness meditation practice and has been an outspoken advocate for promoting mindfulness as an aid to dealing with the variety of complex problems facing the nation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on January 25, 2024

A Congressman Discusses Mindfulness For many years, I have been studying Buddhism and attempting, with varied degrees of success, to practice meditation. In studying mindfulness meditation, I am in the company of many Americans from a variety of backgrounds, religious persuasions, and walks of life.......more

Goodreads review by Diane on October 28, 2012

Today's quotation from Goodreads is from Leo Tolstoy: "If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you." Mindfulness. Th......more

Goodreads review by Amber on November 13, 2017

This book makes mindfulness very approachable, with no specific religious affiliations, although Tim Ryan does seem to like to mention Jesus—perhaps just for wider popular appeal in his intended audience. If that doesn't bother you every couple of chapters, his tone of friendly sincerity, cutting to......more

Goodreads review by Angelique on September 05, 2012

This is one of the best non-fiction books I've read in a long time. Being a mindfulness follower myself and knowing what it does for me personally actually makes it really hard to convince others of the science behind the practice. Tim Ryan gives us the scientific and experiential studies that have......more

Goodreads review by Mitchell on March 04, 2025

A mildly interesting read but it is pretty broad and generic all told.......more