"Most of us experience our greatest joys and sorrows in our relationships," teaches Rick Hanson. With The Neurodharma of Love, this acclaimed author reveals how current brain science and time-tested Buddhist insights are converging to show us the way to greater intimacy and happiness . Dr. Hanson shows listeners how to strengthen the underlying neural circuits of empathy, compassion, kindness, romance, love, and skillful assertiveness to improve their relationships at the deepest levels. He offers meditations and practices to help us shift out of fight-or-flight reactivity, heal childhood relationship wounds, find a healthy balance of intimacy and independence, open the heart, resolve conflicts with others, and lay the neuropsychological foundation for lasting love. Rick Hanson, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and New York Times bestselling author. His books include Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence (in 13 languages), Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (in 25 languages), Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time (in 13 languages), and Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships. Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and on the advisory board of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he's been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, Dr. Hanson has been featured on the BBC, NPR, CBC, and Fox Business, and in Consumer Reports, U.S. News & World Report, and O, The Oprah Magazine. He also has several audio programs with Sounds True. His weekly e-newsletter, Just One Thing, has over 100,000 subscribers, and also appears on Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and other major websites.
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