Life In Five Senses How Exploring My Senses Got Me Out Of My Head And Into The World Gretchen Rubin by Gretchen Rubin 9780593442746, 0593442741 instant download after payment.

For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness & human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she’d been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She’d spent so much time stuck in her head that she’d allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world rediscovered by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, & touching. 

In this journey of self-experimentation, Rubin explores the mysteries & joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, & her own efforts to practice what she learns, she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world. From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup & adding favorite songs to a playlist, to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art & attending Flavor University, Rubin show us how to experience each day with depth, delight, & connection. In the rush of daily life, she finds, our five senses offer us an immediate, sustainable way to cheer up, calm down, & engage the world around us—as well as a way to glimpse the soul & touch the transcendent. 

Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights & practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses & use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives—&, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality & love.