Then, Rick wrote Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time and Hardwiring Happiness, The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. Next, Rick wrote Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom, which is about where Western science and Buddhist wisdom meet. If we wanted to change the course of human history in a single generation, we would make the welfare of mothers the number one public policy priority. Often the best thing we can do for mothers is to support their relationship with their partners.

Rick’s very first book was about taking care of mothers, which he wrote from the perspective of caring about children by caring for their mothers. Neurodharma is highly accessible for anyone who is just beginning a practice of mindfulness or compassion while at the same it’s really valuable for people who have an existing practice as a resource for what’s next as we move up the mountain of awakening. It’s seven steps, really seven practices, to the highest happiness, which Rick breaks down in his book. It’s so powerful to know that you really can develop greater steadiness of mind, greater warmth of heart, greater equanimity, greater emotional balance, a sense of feeling whole, right in the present moment, feeling supported by and connected with all things with intuition and timelessness. The book includes lots of tools that people can use for their wellbeing in everyday life as well as in the upper reaches of human potential.Īt this time of great challenge, we need depth of practice more than ever for our own sake as well as for other people so that we can be a refuge for them, a pillar for them to lean against. It is the intersection of the newest science about our brains and being combined with the most profound wisdom from around the world (in particular, Buddhist psychology). When you write a book for the first time, there’s uncertainty as to whether you’re ever going to write another one, but Neurodharma is his sixth.

Rick has a number of books, his newest one being Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and 7 Practices of the Highest Happiness. Creating More Happiness, Calm & Confidence with Dr. We dive into practices for embodying ourselves in daily lives so that we can better handle stress, heal old pain, feel at ease with others, and rest in the sense of natural goodness. In this Feel Good Effect podcast episode, we are talking about how to create more happiness, calm, and confidence with Dr.

Neurodharma by rick hanson