10% Happier

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Going into it, I was pretty skeptical and almost unwilling to give it a chance. However, I'm really glad that I did. Harris does an impeccable job of turning a subject that most people would roll their eyes at into something believable and compelling. It was valuable to read Harris' insights on meditation because he showed how it was possible to find success in something that originally seemed ludicrous to him. I loved Harris' conversational tone and the way he injected his thoughts into everything. A former skeptic himself, he worded everything in a manner that indicated that he completely understood why we might think this is stupid, but persuaded us to give it a chance. I'm really glad I read this and it provided me with fresh insight and inspiration about this simple practice I was told in things like therapy and yoga would really help me. I tried this stuff a while ago when I was going to therapy regularly but I never actually believed it could work. But now, reading about it from this entirely different perspective, I have a new appreciation for it and a lot less embarrassment and skepticism about it.