Contents

Preface

1 The Profound Brain

2 How We Make the Same Mistakes Over and Over

3 How Pain Becomes Suffering

4 Feeling Powerful vs. Being Powerful: “Coping” in the Toddler Brain

5 Toddler Brain Habits Ruin the Best of Intentions

6 How We React to a Jerk Like a Jerk: Principles of Emotion Interaction

7 Anger in the Age of Entitlement: Living in the Wrong Part of the Brain

8 How to Turn Toddler Brain Feelings into Adult Brain Values

9 Adult Brain Habits: Improve, Appreciate, Connect, Protect

10 Radical Self-Value Breeds Radical Value of Others

11 How to Be Happy: Make the World a Little Better

12 The Adult Brain in the Web of Emotion: Everything We Do Makes the World Better or Worse

13 To Soar Above, Build a Web of Compassion and Kindness

Epilogue

Appendix: Exercise and Logs: Forming Habits That Increase Core Value

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