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““We now know that happiness, resilience, and compassion are skills, susceptible to training. You don't have to resign yourself to your current level of well-being, or wait for your life circumstances to change; you can take the reins yourself.””

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“Imagine a world where people were 10% happier and less reactive. Marriage, parenting, road rage, politics - all would be improved upon. Public health…

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“retreat, with nothing to look forward to, nowhere to be, nothing to do, we are forced to confront the “wound of existence” head-on, to…

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“It’s like we’ve been enchanted,” he says. “We’ve been put under a spell—believing that this or that is going to be the source of…

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Prepare like no other, know that there was nothing left for you to do when it's all said and done. This way a loss…

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“Picture the mind like a waterfall, they said: the water is the torrent of thoughts and emotions; mindfulness is the space behind the waterfall.…

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“They had a term, too, for that thing I did where something would bother me and I would immediately project forward to an unpleasant…

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“patients saw their health improve if they did volunteer work.”

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“Marturano recommended something radical: do only one thing at a time. When you’re on the phone, be on the phone. When you’re in a…

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“I’m thinking: Yes, right—there is a point to sitting around all day with your eyes closed: to gain some control over the mind, to…

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“in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that,…

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Meditation is just simple brain exercise. I exercise and this made sense to me.

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“Perhaps the most meaningful exchange I had on the subject was a completely random discussion with my uncle Martin at my parents’ annual summer…

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