Book: Stress Less, Accomplish More – Emily Fletcher
Author’s Website: zivameditation.com
Category: Self-Help
Worth the Read: Maybe
Insights: The book proports the benefits of meditation for Driven personality types ie type A people who are looking for an additional performance boost. There’s a large marketing component for her meditation course. Was a lot of additional wordage that could have been cut. Lots of testimonials throughout that distracted from point of the book.
- Meditate for 15 minutes, twice daily, forever
- Mindfulness – 2 min
- Mantra – about 10 min
- Manifest – 2 minutes
- Breathing pattern – 1:2 inhalation to exhalation ratio to maximize parasympathetic response
- Meditation should be prioritized over additional sleep as it can better improve recovery
- There’s significant cost and opportunity cost associated with not meditating
- Positive affirmations are beneficial
- Set reminders on your phone to meditate
- May improve your sex life
Seeking Progress 