10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

by Dan Harris

But if we don’t pay close attention—which very few of us are taught how to do—it can be a malevolent puppeteer.

is that meditation is simply exercise for your brain. It’s a proven technique for preventing the voice in your head from leading you around by the nose.

Once you get the hang of it, the practice can create just enough space in your head so that when you get angry or annoyed, you are less likely to take the bait and act on it.

All of us struggle to strike a balance between the image we present to the world and the reality of our inner landscape.

“The price of security is insecurity.”

He explained that it is entirely possible to be depressed without being conscious of it. When you’re cut off from your emotions, he said, they often manifest in your body.