The Power of Awe

Enlightening... This convincing appraisal of awe's many possibilities helps frame mindfulness in a fascinating and eminently actionable way. Wellness gurus and those merely seeking a break from frenetic daily life will want to take a look * Publishers Weekly * A powerful, practical, science-backed book that shows us how finding awe everywhere, every day is essential to our health and well-being. In The Power of Awe, the authors generously share their A.W.E. Method, a novel and refreshing approach to reduce stress, anxiety and pain by finding awe in the ordinary. -- Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety I love this book! It's direct, powerful, heartfelt and grounded in science. Frankly, I am in awe of the deep practices offered by the authors. A gem. -- Rick Hanson, PhD, senior fellow at UC Berkeley’'s Great Good Science Center, and New York Times bestselling author In this deeply insightful book, Jake Eagle and Michael Amster introduce their A.W.E. contemplative approach, tested during the stress and trauma of the COVID pandemic, to increase your everyday sense of awe and wonder. This original book offers a new path to enjoying a more meaningful and awe-filled life, inspiring us to open our eyes to the wonders around us. -- Dacher Keltner PhD, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley, author, AWE: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How Iit Can Transform Your Life The Power of Awe encapsulates the essence of the healing journey out of chronic mental and physical pain. I have witnessed hundreds of patients break from pain with these concepts. I am in awe of Eagle and Amster's work and how well it is presented. -- David Hanscom, MD, author of Back in Control: A Surgeon’'s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain The Power of Awe is an extraordinary book ... that helps us cultivate the fuller treasures and lifetime benefits of this gem of an emotion. Through practical methods of accessing awe at any moment, along with keen existential insights, this book takes us a major step toward a revitalised consciousness that is needed now. -- Kirk J. Schneider, PhD, author of Awakening to Awe, The Spirituality of Awe, and The Depolarizing of America: A Guidebook for Social Healing Eagle and Amster's A.W.E. Method, is an extraordinary technique for synthesizing our panoramic understanding of mindfulness, biochemistry, neuroscience, and psychology, and turning it into a pure and conscious laser focus that resets the way we feel, while it opens up our minds to connectivity with others and clarity of thought within. Supported by a boatload of science, the fundamentals of this approach are easily understood and quickly implemented by anyone wanting to enhance their lives. I recommend it highly. -- Rick Foster, bestselling author of How We Choose to Be Happy This unprecedented work introduces readers to the ingenious practice of microdosing on mindfulness. Jake Eagle and Michael Amster are wise and trustworthy guides who explain the science and impact of their research with clarity and confidence. Using relatable examples from clients and their own lives, the authors lead readers through this incredibly simple yet remarkably profound technique. The Power of Awe is a brilliant book that will revolutionize the way we think about mindfulness. -- Sebene Selassie, writer, teacher, author of You Belong: A Call for Connection A brilliant and original take on the emotional state of awe that eloquently illustrates what science is showing: Awe is indeed powerful, able to dampen fight-flight responses and activate a parasympathetic state to support calm feelings and relaxation-the only state, we're learning, in which healing of both mental and physical challenges and disruptions can efficiently occur. -- Stephen Porges, PhD, creator, Polyvagal Theory The Power of Awe is my idea of an antianxiety playbook for parents-and their kids. This simple A.W.E. Method can help turn the tide of our anxiety-ridden society in the most natural of ways-by showing us how to access awe, an emotion that is our birthright and that puts us in a state from which we can better access our resources. The A.W.E. Method is must-have addition to our antianxiety toolbox. -- Alison Escalante, MD, FAAP, pediatrician, inventor of the Sigh, See, Start parenting method, adjunct faculty at Rush Medical College of Rush University The Power of Awe is a breakthrough that integrates the wisdom of all great religious traditions with the insights of modern psychology to bring healing to anyone who seeks it -- Jack Riemer, rabbi, author of Finding God in Unexpected Places Safer and possibly more effective than psychotropic drugs, AWE also is more approachable for most of us than meditation. I would argue that the A.W.E. Method offers a simple, free and effective way to microdose on the biology of love. -- Sue Carter, distinguished university scientist, The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University