Wellness Reads

April 27, 2013 04:38 pm | Updated 05:45 pm IST

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

Given the volatile state of the world, it is no coincidence that superheroes have captured our imagination like never before. Everywhere you look; superheroes have broken free from their comic book pages and become a dynamic aspect of the culture at large.

From Buddha’s search for truth to Batman’s struggle with his dark side, from Wolverine exposing his greatest fears to Hanuman’s divine gifts of inspiration, bestselling author Deepak Chopra with his son Gotham, author and cofounder of Liquid Comics, decode the seven essential laws that govern the realm of superheroes — both ancient and modern, cosmic and commercial — and explain their relevance, importance, and perhaps most critically, how to apply them to our daily lives.

These seven new transformative laws help uncover greater happiness, courage, balance, creativity, compassion, and purpose in our lives.

Each law has the potential to awaken us to our superpowers, and to change our lives and the world around us.

The 7 Spiritual Laws of Superheroes: Harnessing Our Power to Change the World , Deepak Chopra and Gotham Chopra, Transworld Publishers, Rs. 299

This is a business book about more than business; it’s the ultimate guide to improving your work/life balance. Whatever your job, chances are you find it hard to switch off. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Martin Bjergegaard and Jordan Milne show you how to build your business into something big, sustainable and widely recognised and still lead a happy and balanced life.

In 65 short pieces, they reveal strategies and methods to combine professional success with putting friends, family and happiness first. Their Efficiency Boosters will increase effectiveness and teach how to avoid Time and Energy Wasters.

So wave goodbye to checking your e-mails on a date, or getting home when your children are already in bed. This is your route to winning on every level.

Winning without Losing ; Jordan Milne, Martin Bjergegaard, Profile Books, Rs. 350

Drawing on cutting edge psychology, neuroscience and mindfulness practices, The Now Effect by Elisha Goldstein offers fresh, simple, practical exercises to become more aware of the space between stimulus and response and to use those spaces to break free from habitual beliefs and thoughts that don’t serve you. Dr. Goldstein helps people connect with the present moment and offers practical techniques to make deep life changes. These techniques help you build a stronger and healthier brain and approach difficulties with more grace, showing you how the present can change your life.

The Now Effect will teach you how to avoid being ruled by an old story and to enjoy life on a higher level.

The Now Effect; Elisha Goldstien, Simon and Schuster, Rs. 350

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