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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

by Joe Dispenza

Self HelpNonfictionPsychology

Who This Book Is For

The ideal reader is a curious, disciplined skeptic who senses they’re living below their potential because stress, rumination, and old emotional habits keep steering their days. They’re willing to experiment with daily practice, not just collect ideas, and they care more about felt results than perfect theories. They like structure—checklists, scripts, measurable cues—but can tolerate ambiguity long enough to sit through induction, breathwork, and silence. They value science language as scaffolding yet understand this book uses metaphor to motivate change. They’re ready to trade multitasking for focused sessions, journaling for honest self-audits, and wishful thinking for behavioral rehearsal. They want one trait to become automatic—calm, courage, clarity—and they’ll track Time To Recover and congruent acts. They’re open to heart-centered work without eye-rolling, but they’ll keep their nonsense detector on. Above all, they’ll practice when it’s inconvenient, because identity change is earned in small, repeated moments. Consistency becomes their competitive advantage.

Book Details

Categories
Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology
Pages
329
Published
2012
Language
ENGLISH
Rating
4.1 (37,090 reviews)

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