10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Audiobook (Free) | AudioBooksLoft

10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found a Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Story Audiobook (Free)

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Nightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers ways to get happier that’s truly achievable.

After developing a nationally televised panic attack on HELLO America, Dan Harris knew he had to create some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on the bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a incomprehensible self-help guru, and a bunch of brain researchers..Read More about 10% Happier: COULD Tamed the Voice in My Mind, Reduced Tension Without Losing My Edge, and Present a Self-Help That Actually Works–A True Tale Eventually, Harris understood that the source of his complications was the thing he usually thought was his best asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had both propelled him through the ranks of the hyper-competitive business and also led him to help make the profoundly ridiculous decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.

Most of us have a voice inside our head. It’s what provides us losing our temper unnecessarily, examining our email compulsively, eating when we’re not hungry, and fixating on the past and the future at the trouble of today’s. Most of us would assume we’re trapped with this voice – that there surely is nothing we are able to do to rein it in – but Harris discovered an effective way to do just that. It’s a long way off from the wonder cures peddled from the self-help swamis he fulfilled; instead, it’s something he always assumed to become either difficult or ineffective: deep breathing. After learning about analysis that suggests yoga can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire the human brain, Harris had taken a deep dive into the underreported world of CEOs, scientists, as well as marines who are now utilizing it for increased calm, focus, and joy.

10% Happier takes readers on the ride in the outer reaches of neuroscience towards the inner sanctum of network news towards the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.