Just One Thing, Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Just One Thing, Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
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Just One Thing
Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time

Author: Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Narrator: Fred Stella

Unabridged: 4 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/08/2012


Synopsis

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 audiobook 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 emotionsWith 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.

About Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist and meditation teacher. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, he cofounded the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and edits the Wise Brain Bulletin. He and his wife have two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker on February 26, 2012

I love this book. It is so easy to use and the advice is really good. In fact, in today’s busy world, this book is a useful tool. I usually don’t review self-help books because I find the advice and the practices a bunch of useless babble. This book is just the opposite. It confirmed what I knew was......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on November 14, 2015

Expected Publication Date: 10/1/2011 ‘Just One Thing’ was kindly provided to me by Netgalley for Smith Publicity. This was a well written positive little how-to guide on how to be mindful of your happiness on a daily basis. This is a novel for everyone. It’s an easily understandable guide that doesn’t......more

Goodreads review by Anuj on December 06, 2011

Let me add at the onset that I am biased towards Rick Hanson. I had subscribed to his newsletter and was moved by one of his blogs; so I mailed him and he responded back, which I thought was great of him. I borrowed this book from a friend who was visiting my city and finished it in a couple of days.......more

Goodreads review by Eve on January 13, 2018

This little book is designed as a Buddhist practice manual, to be read, not as a novel, but as a once-a-night or once-a-morning dose of practical advice that purports to change your life, one aspect at a time. At first, my reaction was that it was too "pat" or simplistic, and I was skeptical: "Yeah,......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 17, 2024

I got this book years ago with the intention of doing one section a week for the year (there’s 52), to learn more about Buddhism and how to implement its practices. I ended up reading a section daily because they are very small/quick, which is fine, but I found most sections to be very simple, not E......more