The Now Effect

How a Mindful Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life

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Alleviate stress, ease pain, cultivate emotional freedom, create a healthier brain, and find enlightenment with cutting-edge techniques from The Now Effect.

A leader in mindfulness psychology, Dr. Elisha Goldstein takes the mindfulness approach of helping people to connect to the present moment one step further by offering practical techniques to make deep, permanent life changes. He demonstrates how to use the space between stimulus and response to break free from habitual beliefs and thoughts that don’t serve you. These techniques allow you to connect with the good in life, approach difficulties with more grace, and get connected with what really matters. In essence, Dr. Goldstein teaches the foundation for how “this very moment can change the rest of your life—Now.”

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Atria Books |
288 pages |
ISBN 9781451623864 |
February 2012

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“The Now Effect offers wise and simple guidance that is immediately helpful, compassionate and playful. It is a genuine invitation to be fully present, to open yourself up to life.”

– Jack Kornfield, bestselling author of A Path with Heart

“If you are looking for a handbook on how to improve the quality of your life, reduce your stress levels and help build a better future for yourself, your family, your community and your country, this book is it.”

– Congressman Tim Ryan, author of A Mindful Nation

“The Now Effect shines with a fresh simplicity and wisdom that will make you see your mind and relationships in a different way. With practical guidance, this book gives you important tools to make changes for a better life. A... ”

– Jeffrey M.Schwartz, MD, Co-author of You Are Not Your Brain

“What we most cherish--love, aliveness, creativity, play--arises only in moments of presence. In The Now Effect you'll get an invaluable map for coming home to the life that is here and now. With a beautiful clarity and simplicity,... ”

– Tara Brach, bestselling author of Radical Acceptance

“These wisdom-packed offerings teach beautifully how the relevant aspects of neuroscience can help illuminate what otherwise might seem like magic: The way we pay attention to the here and now of our experience can free our minds,... ”

– Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation and Co-Director, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

“The Now Effect reminds us how to have fun with our lives again. Who would think that sitting quietly and watching our breath would teach us how to be kind, smart and have a sense of humor? With his book, Elisha Goldstein has done... ”

– Chade-Meng Tan, Jolly Good Fellow at Google and author of Search Inside Yourself

“Written with a lightness of touch and chock full of practical advice, this book is a broad and generous portal for those interested in bringing the power of present moment awareness more fully into their lives”

– Zindel V. Segal, author of The Mindful Way Through Depression

“We all want to move beyond the dead-end, conditioned responses that derail our best intentions and hold us hostage day after day, year after year; in these pages, Elisha Goldstein offers real tools toward that end. A wonderful... ”

– Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

“Shot through with stories, poetry, and down to earth lessons, the brief chapters in this book are entertaining but never trite and make mindfulness practice refreshingly accessible. Accompanied by Elisha’s clear online video... ”

– Pat Ogden PhD, Founder, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute

“Grounded in the science of how the brain tricks us to dwell in the past and the future - anywhere but now - and full of practical methods, The Now Effect will help you feel stronger, less stressed, more present, happier, kinder,... ”

– Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

“Elisha Goldstein, PhD, is masterful at demonstrating how moments of being aware hold space for choice, flexibility, and new perspectives. There's a freshness to the simplicity of his approach that will resonate with those new to... ”

– Tara Healey, M.Ed., Program Director Mindfulness Based Learning for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

“Based on ancient mind training techniques with a thoroughly modern twist, this book is a joy to read and even better to put into practice.”

– Christopher K. Germer, PhD, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

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THE WISDOM IN GOLF BALLS

It is not too uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

—ECKHART TOLLE

A professor stood before a philosophy class holding an empty jar. As the students took their seats, she began filling the jar with golf balls. When they reached the top, she asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then took a bag of pebbles and poured them into the jar, and they made their way into the spaces between the golf balls.

Again she asked the students if the jar was full, and they agreed...

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THE NOW EFFECT by Elisha Goldstein

Calm your anxious mind, have greater focus at work and home, feel more empathy toward yourself and others, approach difficulties with more grace and less stress, and be aware of what is most important to you.