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Wired For Joy!: A Revolutionary Method for Creating Happiness from Within

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This is really more than a book, it is like a vacation and a reality check and a life changer.

I suddenly felt unburdened, it shows you how to take weight and issues off your shoulders and
simply enjoy the fruits of life.

Just finished reading it. It was a quick, direct read, just engaging and real.
Completely recommended. The author has worked for around 30 years in the field, I read her last book
when I saw it on the NYT bestseller list. It pragmatically teaches you how to be happier -- you know
when you have a friend who things always go well for, and you have another who is always down/ frustrated?
You realize these are just pathways we establish. It teaches you how to switch tracks and just be, how to
be happy- or joyful - everyday.

I was in southern mexico near belize recently, and the poorest villagers had healthy and happy families, smiles
on their faces. You realize happiness is a state of well-being, internally. This book shows you how to be in
control of your happiness no matter the circumstances. It is incredible.

I am a graduate of the EBT method and fully believe that I am a healthier, happier person as a result. Five years ago, before I discovered this life-changing method, I was an overweight yo-yo dieter who used food as a stress reliever. Today, I am a healthy weight and have kept off the 60 pounds I lost thanks to the tools discussed in this new book. I have also overcome several stress related illnesses, again using the tools I learned in this method, as mentioned in this new book.

I found the book easy to read and entertaining. I was fascinated and riveted by the scientific explanations on how the brain works in regards to the stress we encounter in our everyday lives. Even as a graduate and practitioner of the EBT method I am continually amazed by the refined development this method employs to embrace new science and research in brain science.

The methods and tools outlined in this excellent overview and practical guide of the EBT program are effective and easy to use in everyday life. Read the book, try the tools and see if you agree with me that this book can change your life for the better, freeing you from the strangle-hold of stress and moving you to more moments of joy.

I couldn't wait for this book to come out, and I just finished reading it. I'm so glad I bought it. I've been involved in the EBT community for a couple of years, participating in telegroups and practicing the skills. Even so, this book helped me tremendously, especially in the area of identifying my brain state. It really helped me increase my commitment to using the tools to switch my brain state to 1, over and over again, until it becomes second nature. Also, it can help explain to others what you are doing and they can see if they might like to try it themselves! For therapy-skeptics out there, this book is different! It's not talk-therapy: it's brain science (neuroplasticity). Read it, and then join a telegroup and the EBT community!
With Joy,
Liat

Laurel Mellin entertains while teaching us how to manage our stress with simple to use, yet amazingly effective, tools that can be used in minutes. She adeptly combines decades of experience working with children and adults at UCSF, with neuroscientific breakthroughs of the last decade to create this easy-to-learn method for stress reduction. Just about anyone can get something life-transforming from this book. And while a fun read, Mellin reminds us that living a full life brings stress. Loving brings loss. These skills are a must if you want to live your life to the fullest and cope optimally.

Laurel Mellin is a genius! I am a psychotherapist who is absolutely blown away by the EBT Method and so are my clients. I don't know of any other approach that teaches people how to manage their emotions, change debilitating thoughts and let go of unhealthy habits. Clients who have struggled with yo-yo dieting for years are learning skills that truly keep the weight off. Clients who have suffered from chronic anxiety and depression now experience feelings of well-being much of the time. Read Wired for Joy. This Method isn't a quick fix but if you do the work, you will be rewarded with results that seem almost miraculous.

Finally I can actually not "need" to have extra food. Not from trying to stay on a diet, but by learning how to create a life that feels better than food. I actually have found the drive to overeat fade. I love this whole program.

I found this book to be "The Missing Manual" to being in a human body. I've just completed my first set of telegroups and am so happy to be involved. I found that this book tracks exactly how I am naturally reconnecting with myself. I highly recommend it to everyone to at least give yourself an opportunity to explore and maneuver through the field of emotional brain wiring.

I really found a lot of the ideas in this book to be helpful, however, I found my stress level going up every time I ran across another misspelled word or run on sentence. Is this woman a doctor? If so, isn't she educated enough to read her own book before letting it go to print with so many basic grammatical errors? If I put my name on a book, you better be sure I checked the editor's work before I let it go to print. I found myself wanting to get to the technique as soon as possible so I could deal with her terrible grammar skills. This publishing company should be ashamed to put out a book like this. It is difficult to receive the message when the messenger can't communicate. Don't these people have spell check?

Finally a book that address's the real life issues around making positive changes to my life - my weight, my health, the level of joy in my life.

While other books preach eating right and getting excercize, they don't address the real life situation that I get stressed out and want to nuture myself with chocolate, TV and avoiding issues.

This book gave me the skills to deal with the stress and see that it's just the way my brain is wired. Then I practiced the skills in the book to change my wiring to be "at choice" for joy instead of stressed out. The result? I feel proud I gave away 11 pounds in 8 weeks!

Buy the book, read the book and practice the skills. Go to the [...] website and find out more about getting support for your skills, I did.

Enjoy!

I owned just about every self-help book on the market until I found EBT. EBT has been the "missing link" I was looking for, and as it continues to evolve has been a source of great joy, comfort and healing for me.

Even though I am part of the EBT community and a graduate of the Method, I still found the book very helpful. EBT has always felt intuitively "right" for me, and now as I learn more about the neuroscience behind the method, I understand why. The tools mimic the brain's natural process of self-regulating so that I can return to my natural state of joy.

I feel so joyful right now thinking of all the positive ways the tools have helped me become resilient to the stresses in my life and helped me access the blessings of life, especially intimacy and spirituality. I feel so grateful for this latest book and the science and tools that are presented. Thank you so much, Laurel!!