Everyone wants more happy. The key to that happiness is found within each person but it takes cultivating that and making changes for it to be able to flourish. You have the power within yourself to lower your anxiety, get rid of stress and find happiness.
In the book 10% Happier, by Dan Harris, you’ll learn exactly how you can do that. The author is a news anchor who made changes in his life after millions of viewers witnessed his on air panic attack.
Summary
Like the author, everyone has a voice inside of them that narrates their life. Harris subtitles the book, “How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works.”
This inner narrator is often not kind. It possesses the ability to take control of your life. This can be to the point that you can react very visibly, very publicly as the author did. Some internal voices that narrate to people are highly critical.
They constantly berate the person by telling them he or she doesn’t have what it takes. The person feels they’re not good enough and will never be able to achieve their dreams and so on. This critical voice has the power to keep that person stuck in life as long as its heeded.
Listening to that inner voice often results in self-defeating behaviors that give weight to what’s being said. One’s inner narrator can also cause people to lash out in anger, to be quick to reaction emotionally.
It can lead to habits that are unhealthy such as emotional eating or using recreational drugs. People who experience the critical inner voice and feelings often push themselves at a frantic pace to try to escape that noise.
They can become workaholics, adrenaline junkies or sink into depression. In the book, the author talks about the problems he struggled with because of his own internal track. The good news is that the voice that holds you back in life isn’t really in control.
You have the ability to take charge of your life. This book can show you how to do that through the use of meditation. Meditation can not only offer you great health benefits, but it helps you keep your brain on track by quieting that inner voice.
What you will find
You’ll discover how to gain focus and find the happiness that you’re seeking. Learn the keys to setting yourself free from listening to the negative voice track in your mind. Also you will learn how to be mindful in all that you do, from work to eating so that you can be fully present in your life.