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#1 Exuberance is an abounding, ebullient, and effervescent emotion. It is not happiness, but it is a more restless and billowing state. It is not a quiet sense of contentment, but rather exuberance that leaps, bubbles, and overflows.
#2 Exuberance, the more energetic form of joy, is essential to our existence. It is a material part of our pursuits, and it is a vibrant...
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Book Preview: #1 The pursuit of happiness is a myth. We've been told that happiness is the goal, but in reality, it is right there in front of us, behind the curtain of our own brain. It matters because it explains the differences between pleasure and happiness, and it explains why so many people are miserable.
#2 Pleasure is the visceral readout of activity in a specific brain area known as the reward pathway. It is the motivation for a given reward,...
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#1 The secret of the moon's dark phase is to be found in the mythical, psychological, and spiritual symbolism of the lunar darkness. The moon, with its repeating cycles of waxing and waning, reflects the same fluctuations of increase and decrease that take place in the human body and in the psyche.
#2 The dark phase of a cycle is when it transitions from the death of...
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#1 The world exists because of our minds. We cannot live in a reality that we are unaware of. We cannot focus on the world without focusing on something, and our minds focus on what interests them. Thus, the world exists because of our minds.
#2 The world is experienced according to the state of your mind. When your mind is joyful and compassionate, the world is joyful...
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#1 We must reassess how we are raising our young people because we've learned a lot about adolescence as a stage of development since the 1990s. Adolescence is now a much longer period, and children are entering it earlier than ever.
#2 The adolescent brain is highly plastic, which means it can change and develop based on the environment it is in. This is both good and...
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Get the Summary of Brendan Borrell's The First Shots in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Heroic science. Chaotic politics. Billionaire entrepreneurs. Award-winning journalist Brendan Borrell brings the defining story of our times alive through compulsively readable, first-time reporting on the players leading the fight against a vicious virus. The First Shots, soon to be the subject...
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Get the Summary of Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within...
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#1 Well-educated people are critical thinkers, and they can contribute to society in many ways. However, today's education system is not prepared to lead productive and fulfilling lives.
#2 Colleges and universities used to be places where students learned to listen to different points of view, but in recent years, safe spaces have become more and more common....
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#1 Body image distress is when we have negative thoughts about our own bodies. It can be caused by our discomfort with our looks, or our dissatisfaction with our body's appearance.
#2 Andrew is also preoccupied with how he looks to others, and he is constantly hiding his hair loss. He is also extremely aware of strangers' stares, and he is rarely willing to be in public...
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#1 I think everyone is beautiful, but if you aren't comfortable with your weight, I will show you what to do to become comfortable with yourself and become the person you want to be. I had gained 70 pounds due to a difficult relationship, a divorce, issues with my children, and working 16-hour days.
#2 It was easy for me to say that spiritual teachers can be any shape...
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Get the Summary of John Gottman's The Man's Guide to Women in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Dr. Gottman, author of the New York Times bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, and his wife and collaborator, clinical psychologist Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, have pored over the research along with bestselling coauthors Douglas Abrams and Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD. Together, they have written this...
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#1 I was a normal kid with few health problems until I moved to New Mexico at the age of five. I began acquiring health problems typically seen in people much older than I was. I was well on my way to prematurely developing all four of the diseases most likely to kill you as you age: heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and cancer.
#2 The Four Killers are heart disease,...
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#1 Zazen is a modern version of the Zen Buddhist practice of seated meditation. It is a simple practice that focuses on your breath, and it can have lingering effects of calmness, clarity, and increased attention that last for hours.
#2 Zazen Breath Awareness meditation is a practice that will strengthen your focus, patience, clarity, and self-awareness. It will also...
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Get the Summary of Nadine Burke Harris' The Deepest Well in 20 minutes.
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Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego-a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault-who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses.
The stunning...
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#1 I was a straight-A student before my second year at medical school, but during that year, in the context of an escalating workload, my grades suddenly slumped. I struggled to understand what was happening. I was physically exhausted but didn't realize it until the vacation between my second and third years.
#2 The most important aspect of a good education is the ability...
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#1 The experience of serious graduate students who, over the course of four or five years, are immersed in the problems and orientation of the field, is different from that of undergraduates who take their first course in social psychology.
#2 The contributions of social psychology are often difficult to reconcile with common sense, but they are important to understand...
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#1 Our species, the Homo sapiens, is a peculiar primate. We are physically weak, slow, and not particularly good at climbing trees. Yet, we are surprisingly good at long-distance running and fast, accurate throwing.
#2 We are a cultural species. We have acquired many practices, techniques, tools, motivations, values, and beliefs while growing up, mostly by learning from...
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#1 The first big question is whether emotional intelligence is distinct from IQ. The data suggests that there are distinct brain centers that govern emotional intelligence, which distinguishes this set of human skills from academic intelligence, as well as from personality traits.
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#1 I have struggled with anxiety since my 20s. I have always been a striving high-achiever. I achieved a first-class degree in psychology, while simultaneously working nights to help support myself financially. I bought a one-way ticket and took an 18-month journey through Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia.
#2 I had episodes of derealization, which meant...
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Get the Summary of Nandita Shah's Reversing Diabetes in 21 Days in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: Based on her revolutionary diabetes reversal programme, Dr. Nandita Shah, renowned homeopath and founder-director of SHARAN, elaborately breaks down the real cause of diabetes using scientific evidence and intelligently outlines a routine that will not just prevent the disease but also...
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