Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really
do for the brain. In the last twenty years meditation and mindfulness have gone from being
kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your
relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that
has made them giants in their fields Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson show us the truth
about what meditation can really do for us as well as exactly how to get the most out of it.
Sweeping away common misconceptions and neuromythology to open readers' eyes to the ways data
has been distorted to sell mind-training methods the authors demonstrate that beyond the
pleasant states mental exercises can produce the real payoffs are the lasting personality
traits that can result. But short daily doses will not get us to the highest level of lasting
positive change-even if we continue for years-without specific additions. More than sheer hours
we need smart practice including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master
teacher and a more spacious less attached view of the self all of which are missing in
widespread versions of mind training. The authors also reveal the latest data from Davidson's
own lab that point to a new methodology for developing a broader array of mind-training methods
with larger implications for how we can derive the greatest benefits from the practice.
Exciting compelling and grounded in new research this is one of those rare books that has
the power to change us at the deepest level.
