The Little Book of Big Change by Johnson, Amy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Foreword: by Dr. Mark Howard

Introduction

A No-Willpower Approach Spiritual Insights That Can Change Your Habit Scientific Insights That Can Change Your Habit The Intersection of Spirit and Science How My Habit Ended About This Book You Really Want to Quit, Right?

part I: Understanding Your Habit

1: Your Habit Is a Sign of Your Mental Health

You Are Always Doing the Best You Can Your Habit Is a Misunderstanding

2: Wisdom Will Show You the Way

Your True Nature Hearing Wisdom

3: Why You Feel Hijacked

Your Brain and Universal Mind Where the Hijacked Feeling Comes From The Lower Brain’s Limitations and the Power of Wisdom The Brain Is Fascinating, but Don’t Stop There

4: Your Habit Isn’t Personal

It’s Not About You

5: You Need Insight, Not Information

Insight Changes Behavior; Intellectual Knowledge May Not Implications of Insight Bring On the Insights!

6: Urges Are Your Inner Alarm Clock

A More Accurate View of Urges Like an Alarm Clock Turning Off the Alarm Clock

7: That Voice Is Not “You”

Any Voice That Encourages Your Habit Is Not You Freedom

8: All Thought Is Temporary and Fleeting

Thought Is Everything, and Everything Is Thought New Thought Logjams What This Means for Your Habit

9: Willpower Is the Wrong Tool

What Is Willpower? Leaving Willpower Behind

10: All Thoughts Fade

The Inner Lizard Choice The Lizard Turns Hoarse

11: When You Don’t Give In to Urges, Your Habit Changes

The Shift Your Plastic Brain

Footnotes part II: Ending Your Habit

12: Wake Up to the Soundtrack of Your Mind

Inner Lizard Thoughts Are Consistent Inner Lizard Thoughts Feel Different

13: There Is Power in the Pause

The Choice Point Veto Power

14: There Is Nothing You Must Do

What You Can Do Versus What You Must Do

15: Understanding Thought Changes Everything

Presence Is Not the Problem

part III: Lifelong Change

16: It Gets Easier

A New Normal

17: Setbacks Are Meaningless

The Lower Brain The Stories We Tell About Setbacks Viewing Setbacks as Normal and Meaningless

18: Forget What You Think You Know

There Is No Past

19: Build Healthy, Inside-Out Habits

Living

Final Thoughts Acknowledgments References