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Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics
- Narrated by: Dan Harris, Jeffrey Warren
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Publisher's Summary
ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play Ultimate Frisbee, and use the word ""namaste"" without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange and circuitous journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation's most vocal public proponents.
Here's what he's fixated on now: Science suggests that meditation can lower blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of the brain, among numerous other benefits. And yet there are millions of people who want to meditate but aren't actually practising. What's holding them back?
In this guide to mindfulness and meditation for beginners and experienced meditators alike, Harris and his friend Jeff Warren, embark on a cross-country quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that stop people from meditating. They rent a rock-star tour bus and travel across eighteen states, talking to scores of would-be meditators, including parents, police officers, and even a few celebrities. They create a taxonomy of the most common issues (""I suck at this,"" ""I don't have the time,"" etc.) and offer up science-based life hacks to help people overcome them.
The book is filled with game-changing and deeply practical meditation instructions. Amid it all unspools the strange and hilarious story of what happens when a congenitally sarcastic, type-A journalist and a groovy Canadian mystic embark on an epic road trip into America's neurotic underbelly, as well as their own.
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"'Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics is well researched, practical, and crammed with expert advice and it's also an irreverent, hilarious page-turner.'
- Gretchen Rubin, author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project
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- Kristie McCarthy
- 06-04-2019
Life changing
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I really enjoyed the authors first book so was excited to see this book released. Whilst it has good sections in it, I was overall disappointed. Dan reads this well but while it seems like there are sections that are meant to be humorous, they aren't really funny, and it really is just written like a friends trip away as they talk about their travelling meditation road show.
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- MichelleN
- 25-10-2018
How to fidgit mindfully
Loved it! Lots of things to try and practice and try again. Great book Dan.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-08-2018
Way too excited, never let's up
It's a book about meditation delivered in the style of an infomercial. It's ok at first but it grinds after an hour or so.
The material is good though, get the book, not the audio book.
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- Starbuck
- 02-08-2018
A great listen
This book is exactly what I needed to hear. I have been trying to get into meditation for years but could never get my head around it. Now I realise that it just does not have to be that hard.
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- DDD
- 25-08-2020
Great for all interested in meditation
It is rare that you find a book that feels so casual on a topic so deep. And this is a good thing! This book took a mature look at meditation, breaking it down and going into more depth than I expected from a casual guide. Although I don't like the word, I might say this book was "Enlightening".
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- pcesskaye
- 18-10-2019
Interesting but...
The reader has the most irritating voice ever! The content was interesting but the voice ruined the book.
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- Melinda - YarnderWoman
- 08-07-2019
Excellent
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- Ronan
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Motivation to meditate
This book answers the fears many have about starting to meditate, explaining the basics quickly and with everyday language. I was able to integrate the techniques into my routine immediately to start a practice. I’ll experiment with some of the more advanced meditations now that I’ve completed the book.
This book is suitable for everyone. I want to try to teach my children the techniques. That was maybe the only missing element. The content can be applied anywhere but not sure the arguments work with pre teens.
This book shows that meditation should be a part of our education system.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-01-2020
Excellent guide unlike any other
Unlike a lot of self help books this one entertains and educates. Dan Harris brings a dry self deprecating humour to a skill that was seen by many as a source of ridicule. I needed this to help me see the practical benefits of mindfulness and strip away my misconceptions. I have listened to this book 4 times now and keep finding new stuff. I am confident that I can ignore anything that is currently beyond me knowing that soon I will get it in a future listen.
I enjoy the banter between Dan and Jeff as they gently wind each other up making it feel more like friends helping each other. There are a lot of fantastic guides books out there that teach but I haven’t come across any that also make me laugh So much. These books (including 10% happier) helped me to openly admit that I practice and enjoy mindfulness without feeling weird. Hope they bring out more of these guides.
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- Janet Jones
- 10-04-2019
Absolutely brilliant book
I can now meditate were before I struggled. Thank you so much Dan and Jeff.
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- Dean
- 08-03-2019
Meditation beginner
great listen for someone thinking of getting into meditation. easy to follow, lots of pro tips, ends on a guided meditation, I thought they would be of no use to me, oh I was wrong!
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- MR G A ROLLO
- 04-03-2019
Seminal work on introducing mindfulness meditation
Originally discovered this book on the introduction to meditation Audible podcast, which Can can be found on episode 6.Admittedly i was a fidgety sceptic with a couple of audio books under my belt. If anyone is intrigued by the genre or wants to listen to a feel good book then look no further. Whilst the message is not totally original the delivery and clever wit is. The result, dispelling myths of meditation and reinforces it's importance in modern society. It's a genuine enjoyable approach on how to start your own practice/routine. Jeff Warren is the star of the show and both narrators make listening a pleasurable experience. Highly recommend and now looking forward to following Dan and Jeff to learn more.
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- JT
- 15-06-2020
Painful
Irritatingly condescending tone.
Irritating low-fi sound quality.
Irritatingly obtuse, drawn out and crashingly uninspiring.
The other reviews must be from saps or shills.
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- Liz Firth
- 01-04-2021
loved it!
Dan Harris is on a mission to help us all benefit from meditation. I've tried to develop a regular meditation practice without success for years. I think he might have cracked it for this particular fidgety sceptic. Absolutely love Jeff's attitude to mindfulness - friendly compassionate and really funny. I'm going to be recommending this book far and wide!
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- courtney knowles
- 12-02-2021
No longer a Skeptic
This book has given me the motivation to include meditation 🧘♀️ into my Daily life.
Something I never thought would happen!
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