Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness

With a passion for neuroscience and the ability to relay it in a clear, unintimidating, and often funny manner, neuropsychologist Marsha Lucas delves into how the human brain works–or often doesn’t– in relationships. Rewire Your Brain for Love explores how we developed our current relationship wiring, and how to modify it through mindfulness meditation. Lucas shows how a short daily meditation practice can result in seven key relationship benefits, including improved communication with yourself and others, an enhanced ability to handle fear, and being more emotionally authentic and resilient.

Each chapter focuses on a particular benefit, including an in--‐depth description of exactly what that benefit is  and how it will improve the reader's life. Lucas also assesses the science and research associated with mindfulness meditation in relation to each benefit, and then provides readers with a specific meditation to help bring that benefit into their relationships.

Imagine, instead of blowing up at an off--‐hand statement your partner makes, you aren’t running on autopilot, so you can be present and respond in ways that are relationship enhancing. And as Lucas says, "You don't have to become a monk, or a vegetarian, or spend hours contemplating your navel," you simply need to notice your mind's busyness and not get tangled up in it. This simple process can change your life.

Title: Rewire Your Brain For Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using the Science of Mindfulness

Author: Marsha Lucas, PhD

Publisher: Hay House (February 1, 2012)

ISBN-10: 1401931618