Sounds of silence.
It can be difficult to find peace and quiet in today’s busy world. Anne D. LeClaire, a novelist, decided to experiment and live one day in complete silence. She found unexpected rewards and now follows this lifestyle two days every month. Her book Listening below the noise: a meditation on the practice of silence tells how periods of silence can be beneficial physically and mentally.
Dr. Kerry Spackman, a New Zealand neuroscientist, works with diverse groups of people from drug addicts, Olympic athletes and businesspeople using a ground breaking tool to improve a person’s strengths. This tool works to “rewire” the brain eliminating the negative, focusing on the positive and helps to achieve goals. Read The winner’s bible: rewire your brain for permanent change and learn these techniques.
Jacky Bowring has written A field guide to melancholy looking at the concept that sadness is a normal part of life and doesn’t need medication or self-help books. Should all sign of sadness be removed from our lives and is this a good thing?
Read these books and others on romance, understanding men and memory in this month’s Personal Development Recent Picks.
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