The open-focus brain
by Les Fehmi · first published 2007
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The Open Focus Brain. http://www.amazon.com/The-Open-Focus-Brain-Harnessing-Attent... "According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in “narrow-focus attention”: a tense,…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2014?” ↗Just finished reading The Open-Focus Brain by Les Fehmi and highly recommend it as it is a self help book that actually helps and is grounded in science. The book also comes with a CD of guided meditations.
on “ASK HN: Book recommendations on mindfulness or EQ?” ↗If you guys want to go down an unusually interesting rabbit hole, the book Open-Focus Brain by Les Fehmi and (especially) the associated audio exercises, are all about this. The exercises are something like guided meditations, but unique in my experience, and I never do exercises like that.…
on “Hilary Mantel Reviews “A Life of One's Own/An Experiment in Leisure” (1986)” ↗this seems of a piece with open focus techniques. https://www.amazon.com/Open-Focus-Brain-Harnessing-Power-Att... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OsotDvMJmk
on “Why athletes need a ‘quiet eye’” ↗