In ''Rewire Your Brain for Love'', neuropsychologist
Marsha Lucas brings together neuroscience and
mindfulness meditation in an exciting program to help
readers create and sustain better, healthier, juicier
romantic relationships. With a passion for neuroscience
and the ability to relay it in a clear, unintimidating -
and funny - manner, Lucas delves into how the human
brain works in relationships, exploring the neurological
connections that fuel our reactions. In an inviting and
reassuring tone, she describes how we developed our
current relationship wiring and how to modify it through
mindfulness meditation. Focusing on nine high-voltage
benefits, Lucas shows how a short daily meditation
practice can change the way you interact with everyone
around you...especially those closest to you. The
benefits include things such as enhanced fear
modulation, increased emotional resiliency, better
response flexibility, greater insight/self-knowledge,
more attuned communication, and enhanced empathy. Each
chapter focuses on one of these benefits and includes 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 change your
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