Monday, July 09, 2012

Dr. Marsha Lucas on the Free Your Mind Podcast


Dr. Marsha Lucas recently was featured on the Free Your Mind Podcast discussing her first book, Re-Wire Your Brain for Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness. This is an excellent book that I highly recommend, especially for novices in the realm of neuroscience. Here is a little blurb from the Amazon page:
Focusing on seven high-voltage benefits -- including everything from being able to better manage your reactions, to improved communication with yourself and others, to an enhanced ability to handle fear -- Lucas shows how a short daily meditation practice can change the way you interact with everyone around you . . . especially those closest to you. Each chapter focuses on one benefit, including an in-depth description of exactly what that benefit is and how it will improve the reader's life. She looks at the science and research associated with mindfulness meditation in relation to each benefit, and then provides readers with a specific meditation to help bring that benefit into their relationships.

Imagine, instead of blowing up at an off-hand statement your partner makes, you are able to stop, breathe, and respond in a thoughtful manner. And as the author says, "You don't have to become a monk, or a vegetarian, or spend hours contemplating your navel" -- you simply need to notice your mind's busyness and not get all tangled up in it. This simple process truly can help you break free of knee-jerk, "autopilot" relationship habits -- the ones where you say to yourself minutes or months later, "Why did I say that?!" -- and move forward into healthier, more vibrant relationships.
Great book - enjoy the podcast.

Dr. Marsha Lucas on Free Your Mind – Podcast

July 6, 2012
The hosts of Free Your Mind talk with Dr. Marsha Lucas, author of the book called “Rewire Your Brain for Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness.
Enjoy!





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