Gain crucial, evidence-based insights on many aspects of daily life, including:
• The hidden dangers of seeking pleasure and happiness at all cost
• Why all pleasant experiences fade away, no matter how hard we try to make them last
• Why we’re often wrong about who is truly happy and who isn’t
• The heavy price we pay for using painkillers and psychiatric medications
• The powerful, hidden connection between pleasure, joy, pain, and suffering
• Why the idea of “everything in moderation” is wrong
• The root causes of the worldwide obesity epidemic and the best way to solve our weight problems
• Why we should willingly take our daily dose of pain and suffering
• A comprehensive chart of all pleasant and unpleasant sensations we have the capacity to experience
• Powerful, natural lifestyle strategies for beating depression, anxiety, and chronic pain without medication—even if these problems have resisted all other forms of treatment.