Life In Five Senses How Exploring The Senses Got Me Out Of My Head And Into The World

Description: NEW YORK Times Bestseller The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy creativity luck and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Life in Five Senses invites us into the seismic shift toward a life grounded in sensation vitality and innate intelligence. Glennon Doyle author of Untamed An inspiring and practical guide to living in the moment. Susan CAIN author of Bittersweet and Quiet For more than a decade Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then one day a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she d been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She d spent so much time stuck in her head that she d allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world rediscovered by seeing hearing smelling tasting and touching. In this journey of self - experimentation Rubin explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier more mindful life. Drawing on cutting - edge science philosophy literature and her own efforts to practice what she learns she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world. From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup and adding favorite songs to a playlist to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attending Flavor University Rubin show us how to experience each day with depth delight and connection. In the rush of daily life she finds our five senses offer us an immediate sustainable way to cheer up calm down and engage the world around us as well as a way to glimpse the soul and touch the transcendent. Life in Five Senses is an absorbing layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller richer lives and ultimately how to move through the world with more vitality and love.
Title: Life In Five Senses How Exploring The Senses Got Me Out Of My Head And Into The World
Barcode: 9780593442746
Publication Date: 4/18/2023