"An owner's guide to the mind"

Steve Jacobson, Stamford, Connecticut:

If you want to reduce stress or extreme emotions, read and follow this. If you want to break bad habits or make a lasting change of any kind, read and follow this. Otherwise, you'll just fall back into old patterns of behavior, or replace one unhealthy thing with another.

What is it?

We created "An owner's guide to the mind" to address the root cause of your struggles.

​It's received a lot of recognition over the past 15+ years, including currently being ranked #3 out of 25 in MobileMedia's "Improve your life" category.

​It's online and self-paced, and represents the culmination of almost two decades of research, writing, and working with people around the world.

What do you do with it?

"An owner's guide to the mind" is structured and easy to follow.

You start by reading the core program (Table of Contents below). Once you complete it, you begin the 21 days of instruction.

Additional information:

• The average read time for the core program is around 2 hours;
• Your time commitment for the daily instruction is 15-25 minutes each day (broken into segments, not all at once);
• You can contact us via email with questions (we usually respond within 48 hours).

You don't need to download anything, and it doesn't matter where you live in the world - if you can access our website with the browser on your computer, tablet, or smartphone (like you're doing right now), you can read it.

​We frequently update the material - since it's browser-based, you'll always be viewing the most recent version. And, you never have to pay for updates, revisions, or added information (our most recent update was August, 2019).

How do you get it?

We attempt to make "An owner's guide to the mind" affordable for everyone. ​The current price is $14. You receive lifetime access, and will always be able to revisit the material.

There are no additional charges.

There are no ongoing monthly fees.


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​​​Lee Tibbots, Chicago, Illinois:

​Years of therapy didn't help me, but 'An owner's guide to the mind' did. I'm not exaggerating when I say it saved my life​.

Table of Contents

​Preface: Keeping it simple

​Part One: Understanding

1. Our perpetual mental craving for things to be different (preview)
2. Meet your mind (preview)
3. How our minds create the world we live in
   1. Mindless indulgence
   2. Building our model
   3. Your life on autopilot
   4. What this critical distinction means to you
   5. So what?
4. Returning to simplicity
5. Introduction to awareness
   1. What awareness teaches us
   2. Arising and passing: the temporary nature of all phenomena
   3. Clinging, contingency, and ownership
6. Is your mind your enemy?
7. Questions and answers

Part Two: Training, practice, application

1. Strengthening awareness
2. Demanding expectations
3. Awareness Journaling
4. Meditation and mindfulness, explained
5. The role of mindfulness
6. The journey of meditation and mindfulness
7. The meditationSHIFT methodology
   1. Objectives, overview, and your commitment
   2. Anchors and process
   3. Tips and recommendations
   4. Instructions
   5. Conclusion
8. Returning to simplicity

Part Three: Taking action

1. Forget motivation - build momentum instead
2. Knowing vs. doing, and the quality of action
3. Returning to simplicity (one more time)

Addendum

1. It’s ok to be uncomfortable
2. Mindfulness cues

Daily instruction pages (21 days of instruction)

1. Days 1-7
2. Days 8-14
3. Days 15-2

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​Pam Harris, Madison, Wisconsin:

This sentence changed everything for me: 'There's an alternative to constantly being swept away by the stories playing in your head.' I never realized how most of my day was spent being dragged around by my mind. It's like I was stuck in a bad dream, but didn't know it.

Address the
​root cause.