The Joy Switch
How Your Brain's Secret Circuit Affects Your Relationships - And How You Can Activate It
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Chris M. Coursey
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Life is hard when you’re not yourself.
Why do we sometimes feel more connected in our relationships than at other times? Perhaps you sometimes find it easy and exciting to spend time with your loved ones - but sometimes, especially when things don’t according to plan, you feel incapable of connecting in conversations. You then feel distant from those you love most. What if the answer to remaining connected in relationships has been right under your nose - or, rather, right inside your head all along?
Discover the simple switch in your brain that activates - or deactivates - what you most need for relational connectivity: joy. In The Joy Switch, learn how the simple flip of this brain switch either enables you to remain present for those around you or causes you to become overwhelmed - and ultimately inhibited from being your best self - when problems arise. You’ll learn how to maximize your relational brain, how to recognize when your brain’s joy switch is flipped, and how to take steps to restore your relational sweet-spot. This book will help you love others and remain fully connected with yourself while being the best version of who you were made to be.
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How would you like to be calmer, less distracted, more productive, and more content at your job? You might think it would take more hours in the day, a better boss, more support, less interference, a shorter commute - and the list goes on. Most of the things we think would help are either not in our control or simply not realistic. But there is one thing we can do to achieve the qualities we seek, and it can be done invisibly and often: meditation.
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inspirational and totally useful
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Charlotte Kasl's perennial favorites If the Buddha Dated and If the Buddha Married have inspired readers with their empowering blend of spiritual and psychological insights. Her third "If the Buddha" book, If the Buddha Got Stuck, is a wise yet lighthearted book that will speak to anyone who's ever experienced being stuck in life and wanted to break free.
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i like the author's blend of spirituality
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Being alone doesn’t have to be lonely. Consider taking time to reflect, regroup, and reconnect with the most important person in your life - you. The Loneliness Companion can help you cope with feelings of alienation and isolation while finding comfort and community in our hyperconnected modern world. Learn how to boost self-confidence and build self-esteem. The Loneliness Companion delivers real, actionable exercises and evidence-based strategies so you can navigate loneliness, heal from past relationships, and gain a healthier, positive approach to dating.
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A completely useless book
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Awakening Joy
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Joy is not for just the lucky few - it's a choice anyone can make. In this groundbreaking book, based on his popular course, James Baraz helps you discover a path to the happiness that's right in front of you, offering a step-by-step program that will reorient your mind away from dissatisfaction and distraction and toward the contentment and delight that is abundantly available in our everyday lives. You can decide to be happy.
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I listen to Awakening Joy over and over
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Discover the secrets behind deeper relational bonds and more consistent happiness in this new book about marriage by Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey. Healthy relationships regularly produce joy, and joy keeps the relationship healthy. But this kind of happiness and health in marriage isn't just for the lucky few who stumble upon it. It turns out that certain relational skills boost your happiness. Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey will teach you how to develop those skills.
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A Book For Men
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During his twenty years as a GP, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of the international bestseller Feel Better in 5, has seen first-hand that motivation isn't always enough for us to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It's only when we learn how to support our own mental wellbeing and cultivate core happiness that these choices become easy. In Happy Mind, Happy Life, Dr. Chatterjee shares cutting-edge insights into the science of happiness and reveals ten simple ways to put you back in control of your health.
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Ok
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destressifying
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It's pernicious...it's diabolical...it creeps into every moment of our lives. It influences our relationships, impacts our physical body, works its way into our conversations, sparks non-nourishing behaviors, and forces us to do things we'd never want to do. It's infectious; it's relentless.... It's stress! We all know it. We all experience it. It's the human condition - but through this audiobook, you will learn to transcend it.
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Fantastic content and narration
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If you were raised to believe that painful emotions are a sign of weakness, or if being vulnerable has always made you feel unsafe, then you may have survived by creating a perfect-looking life - a life where you appear to be successful, engaged, and always there for others. The problem? You're filled with self-criticism and shame, and you can't allow yourself to express fear, anger, loss, or grief. You recognize something is wrong, but you're not sure what exactly - only that you feel trapped and alone. If this sounds like you, you may have perfectly hidden depression (PHD).
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Amazing
- By Kimberly Davis on 10-27-20
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Parenting with Presence
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Our children can be our greatest teachers. Parenting expert Susan Stiffelman writes that the very behaviors that push our buttons - refusing to cooperate or ignoring our requests - can help us build awareness and shed old patterns, allowing us to raise our children with greater ease and enjoyment.
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fantastic
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Happier Now
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What if you could be happier, right now, without radically changing your life? As nationally recognized happiness expert Nataly Kogan teaches, happiness is not a nice feeling or a frivolous extra. It’s a critical, non-negotiable ingredient for living a fulfilling, meaningful, and healthy life - and it's a skill that we can all learn and improve through practice. In Happier Now, Nataly shares an illuminating, inspiring, and science-based guide to help you build your happier skills and live with more joy, starting now.
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This book will turn your life around ... TODAY!
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Insanely Gifted
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From infancy we are taught to edit ourselves, trimming out the darker, weirder, less acceptable parts in order to please others. But this addiction to approval is holding us back. What if we begin to be ourselves, honestly and fully? Insanely Gifted shows how to transform our thinking and turn our inner demons into allies. How to reframe disappointment (because not getting what we want can be as interesting and useful as getting what we want).
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Playful self-help for living a fuller juicier life
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- Mike Reffner
- 04-09-22
Great for anyone AND practical steps to apply
Not only is this a great book with information that can help anyone, but it is backed by science (which is explained and very interesting) and will benefit the reader and everyone in that person's life. The steps are clearly laid out for easy application.
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- Jimmy
- 08-19-21
Excellent quick listen
A quick listen on brain activity and how joy affects it. Would highly recommend if you need a beginner guide to understanding how practicing joy can make relationships with others better.
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- Joel L.
- 05-14-23
Much needed perspective
The Joy Switch is about how to move forward in life. It provides perspective on how and why joy is important for living a fulfilling life. AND it provides some practical ways to increase the level of joy in our lives. I highly recommend this book.
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- Michael W.
- 01-03-24
Practical and inspiring to experience more joy in relationship
Clear and practical examples, reflective exercises, and pathways give understanding and hope for change to experience more joy
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- Michael D. Jacobson
- 02-15-22
Operational training in what it means to love
When asked which of God’s commandments is the greatest, Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength,” and “love your neighbor as yourself.” Probably because I grew up in a “good “ home that was without emotional and relational connectedness, I learned to apply that in a negative or passive way: I love others by what I don’t do, rather than what I do. This book is an operational guide to wholeness and excellence in relationship management. It, along with related works, have helped me immensely.
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- Bee
- 06-26-22
Clearer understanding
I’ve gone through and taught “Journey Groups” and I love the 19 Brain Skills book but I love the conciseness and clarity of this little book. I now have a clearer understanding i can apply and share with others. Thank you!
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-11-24
Great Information
A book you will definitely listen to a few times. Great and practical information to apply and bring about huge relational changes.
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- kimberly
- 11-15-23
religious
Not for me. It was religious. And, having listened all the way through anyway, I'd say it was repetitive and basic.
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- Sasha
- 11-18-23
Don't waste your time
So unbelievably repetitive. I think the author assumes that we all have an IQ of about 80. this is beyond elementary and truly boring.
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