{"product_id":"the-open-focus-brain-harnessing-the-power-of-attention-to-heal-mind-and-body-9781590306123","title":"The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eA breakthrough, drug-free approach to stress and stress-related illnesses--from anxiety and depression to ADHD and chronic pain--using simple attention exercises with powerful results on physical and mental health\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in \"narrow-focus attention\" a tense, constricted, survival mode of attention that holds us in a state of chronic stress--and which lies at the root of common ailments including anxiety, depression, ADD, stress-related migraines, and more. To improve these conditions, Dr. Fehmi explains that we must learn to return to a relaxed, diffuse, and creative form of attention, which he calls \"Open Focus.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis highly readable and empowering book offers straightforward explanations and simple exercises on how to shift into a more calm, open style of attention that reduces stress, improves health, and enhances performance. \u003ci\u003eThe Open-Focus Brain\u003c\/i\u003e features eight essential attention exercises for improving health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Fehmi writes, \"Everyone has the ability to heal their nervous systems, to dissolve their pain, to slow down and yet accomplish more, to experience the deeper side of life--in short, to change their lives for the better dramatically.\" At last readers can learn the techniques that Dr. Fehmi has offered to thousands of clients--the same drug-free, safe, and effective techniques that have led to remarkable and long-lasting results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim Robbins is an award-winning journalist and science writer, with frequent contributions to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e. In connection with his reporting, he has appeared on ABC's \u003ci\u003eNightline\u003c\/i\u003e and on NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trumpeter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921635610898,"sku":"9781590306123","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b40b90cd-56c4-4803-98a2-5bad982ed05c.jpg?v=1738922250","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-open-focus-brain-harnessing-the-power-of-attention-to-heal-mind-and-body-9781590306123","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}