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How do you find happiness? First, by realizing that finding happiness isn’t complex because happiness is always available. The moment you see the truth of this, you can be happy right away. You don’t need to do anything else. The question is—are you available to happiness?

Today we’re sharing an excerpt from the audiobook The Buddha’s Way of Happiness: Healing Sorrow, Transforming Negative Emotion, and Finding Well-Being in the Present Moment by psychologist Thomas Bien. This audiobook is a guide to identifying the barriers to finding happiness you may create in your life. It offers concrete approaches to practicing happiness and well-being that are drawn from mindfulness and ancient Buddhist insights, many of which have been proven effective by today’s psychologists and researchers.

In this excerpt, Dr. Bien talks about our modern misconceptions about finding happiness. He reminds us that happiness doesn’t exist in a hypothetical future, but is always available right now, in the present moment. If we can learn how to be happy in this moment, we can be happy in the future!

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Siddhattha’s happiness was so striking that, in addition to being known as Buddha, he was also known as Sugata, the Happy One. What can he tell us about how to end our suffering? What can he tell us about being happy? In essence, he shows us that, when we remove certain erroneous views we have of the nature of reality, happiness shines forth.

The Buddha's Way of Happiness

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Think of your worst habit. How many times have you tried to break free of it? Why is it that for all our good intentions and heroic willpower we’re often unsuccessful, and end up right back where we started? How can we overcome bad habits for good?

Today’s episode presents a conversation with life coach and social psychologist, Dr. Amy Johnson. Dr. Johnson is the author of the audiobook The Little Book of Big Change: The No Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit. After struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, binge eating and bulimia for years, she discovered a spiritual framework that freed her from her painful habits. The Little Book of Big Change shares concrete, cutting-edge, and surprisingly counter-intuitive techniques that don’t rely on willpower. No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it!

In today’s conversation, Dr. Amy Johnson talks about how to rewire your brain and overcome bad habits—once and for all.

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“Thanks to this powerful book, I’ve been Googling ‘How to Build a Time Machine,’ because, my gosh, I would have loved this book back when my worst addiction (habit) was ruining me, but I find now it also works, as a system, to delete even the smallest of current annoying habits! Very highly recommended!”

Author of Time Warrior

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Fear of public speaking has its roots in the fear of being scrutinized by others. Sweaty palms, racing hearts and upset stomachs are the mind’s way of urging us to run and hide. We humans are deeply wired with an understanding that scrutiny might result in being ostracized by others. Social acceptance is very important to us, since we aren’t equipped to survive alone.

In this week’s episode, we’re sharing an excerpt from psychologist Shawn T. Smith’s audiobook The User’s Guide to the Human Mind: Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It. Shawn shares insights into the pros and cons of arguing with your mind, as seen through the lens of public speaking anxiety. You’ll learn the biology behind the fear of public speaking, as well as how to challenge and disrupt irrational thoughts.

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The experience of a thousand generations who preceded us have shaped our brains to be reactive to certain threats. High on the list are things like abandonment. What could be worse for a human than to be left defenseless and alone?

The User's Guide to the Human Mind

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Anxiety is a powerful force. It makes us question our decisions and ourselves, worry about the future, all while filling our days with dread and emotional turbulence. The techniques in this audiobook, rather than encouraging you to avoid or try to resist anxiety, reveal the trick that lies beneath your anxious thoughts, and teaches you why avoiding anxiety backfires and always make things worse.

In today’s episode, Dr. Carbonell shares his funny and wise thoughts on how worrying tricks us. You will learn the difference between doubt and danger, and begin to feel more balanced and in control of your worries.

David A. Carbonell, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders. He is the founder and director of the Anxiety Treatment Center, Ltd., a small group of psychologists which offers treatment of all manner of fears and phobias at several locations in and around Chicago.

In addition to  The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It, Dr. Carbonell is also the author of the newly revised and updated audiobook Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick.

He is a member of the American Psychological Association; the Anxiety Disorders Association of America; the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies; the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science; the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy; the Illinois Psychological Association; and the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.

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The Worry Trick

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How often do you grab a meal and eat it in the car, or eat while standing over the sink, thinking about the thousand other things you need to do? When was the last time you truly savored a meal? Today we’re sharing an excerpt from psychologist Susan Albers’ audiobook Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food.

Eating Mindfully is the breakthrough audiobook from Dr. Albers that has helped thousands of people change the way they approach mealtimes. You’ll realize how damaging it is to be mindless about your food, and appreciate Dr. Albers’ mindfulness-based psychological practices to help you take charge of cravings so that you can eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full.

Dr. Albers shares the characteristics of mindful eating, and the benefits it can have on your life. Learn about the Buddha’s insights into mindful eating, and discover the benefits of eating―and living―mindfully in your own day-to-day life.

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In this new edition of Eating Mindfully, Susan Albers gives more advice to those who truly care about what they eat. If you want to be healthy and care about a healthy planet, this is a book that will help you.

founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a United Nations Messenger of Peace

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