I can just imagine giving this book to my clients; it seems too simple to be true. People want to think it’s more complicated than this. But it really is this simple. The way you allow yourself to think really does change your life. Think differently and your life will change. We have an incredible lack of discipline over our thoughts. This book will teach you some really simple ways to think differently and change your brain structure. Over time, this will create more happiness, more peace, more contentment. It really does work. But it really IS work; it is so easy to be lazy with our thoughts.
Rick Hanson is the guy who came up with the phrase I love, “the brain is Teflon for the good and Velcro for the bad”. This book, similar to his other books, helps us come up with strategies to increase the good so our brain doesn’t just “Teflon” it away. Specifically in this book, he works through an acronym, HEAL. H stands for “have a positive experience”; E is “enrich it”; A is “absorb it” and L is “link it to a negative experience”. Again, you can just dismiss this as positive nonsense. BUT, I believe if you actually practice it, you’ll see the results. Neuroscience is behind this, not just wishful thinking.
