Blessed by Distress

Life brings waves of stress and suffering to everyone. Yet since ancient times it's been known that, paradoxically, the human brain can benefit from crises and hardship to find exceptionally high levels of happiness, meaning and peace-states lying dormant inside us. In this ground- breaking book, noted psychiatrist, long-term Zen practitioner, and brain researcher Dr. Jeff Skolnick introduces us to the SatoriWest Method. Thousands of people struggling with psychiatric symptoms have used the SatoriWest Method to find greater perspective, wisdom, ease, and joy. Combining a revolutionary understanding of brain function, western psychology, and total wellness, it offers a clear, concise, and actionable roadmap of exercises and strategies to help us all use suffering, stress, and unhappiness to shift and evolve our brains.