Build A Mind That Does Not Spiral
The thoughts loop. The body braces. The day gets eaten before it starts.
A reading order that turns rumination from a personality trait into a managed signal.
- 12 Books
- 77 Insights
Positive Intelligence
Shirzad Chamine
Editor's note
Start with Harris if mindfulness sounds suspicious to you. It's the most honest entry point.
Open the first bookRead it like a sequence, not a shelf.
Each book earns its position by setting up the next question. Move through the stack in order, or jump to the pressure point you can name today.
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Positive IntelligenceOpen book
Shirzad Chamine · 2012
Harris breaks the resistance to the practice.
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2
Cleaning Up Your Mental MessOpen book
Caroline Leaf
Burns gives you the cognitive tools.
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3
Declutter Your MindOpen book
S. J. Scott, Barrie Davenport
Bernstein interrupts the overthinking habit.
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4
Don't Feed the Monkey MindOpen book
Jennifer Shannon
Davenport clears the mental clutter.
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5
Don't Overthink ItOpen book
Anne Bogel
Shannon teaches you to stop feeding the loop.
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6
Feeling GoodOpen book
David D. Burns
Leaf makes it neurological — and therefore changeable.
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7
Master Your EmotionsOpen book
Thibaut Meurisse · 2018
You do not master emotions by refusing them. You master the next move after they arrive.
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8
Unfuck Your Brain: Using Science to Get Over Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and TriggersOpen book
Faith G. Harper · 2016
A trigger is information, not a verdict on who you are.
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9
What to Say When You Talk to YourselfOpen book
Shad Helmstetter · 1986
The voice you repeat becomes part of the room you live in.
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10
10% HappierOpen book
Dan Harris
You don't need enlightenment. Just 10% happier.
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Why Meditate? Working with Thoughts and EmotionsOpen book
Matthieu Ricard · 2010
You are not your anger, and you are not your worry. You are the one who can see them. Sit down, and look.
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12
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About AnxietyOpen book
Sarah Wilson · 2017
The beast softens when it is no longer treated as proof of failure.
Pair the shelf with a tool.
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Open Better Conversations, Better Life26 books
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