Amina Thajudeen Book Review, non-fiction, Self-Help

Captain You: a course in Emotional Self-Reliance by Luca Bosurgi | Review

Clarity, self-reliance, happiness, high-performance. The Bosurgi Mind Fitness method offered in this book, Captain You – A Course to Emotional Self-Reliance, combines exclusive knowledge, exercises, takeaways, and tips with 21 Bosurgi Mind Fitness™ Virtual Reality sessions (included with this book) to help you train, clear, and optimize your mind, removing unnecessary emotional blockages. This is obtained by establishing your natural self-leadership and self-reliance, resetting obsolete emotional programming and imbalances, terminating Adult Emotional Dependency (AED), and improving emotions, thoughts, and feelings management. The process will help you clear associated mental struggles and byproducts, such as anxiety, fear, low confidence, overwhelm, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and procrastination. Most importantly, it will free misused brainpower, which can be reinvested into confidence, high performance, and happiness.A Bosurgi Mind Fitness™ Virtual Reality 20-session Emotional Self-Reliance course, for mobile iPhone/Android app or Oculus Quest (100% unlocked), included with this book. *VR goggles not included

Title: Captain You: a course in Emotional Self-Reliance

Author: Luca Bosurgi

Pages: 120

My review

Our mind controls every thought, actions and our wellbeing. A healthy mind is essential for happiness. One step further, if you need a fit mind, this is the book you are looking for. How to achieve fitness for our mind? obviously, not by controlling it, because it will never work. We have to understand the functioning of our mind. How it works, how it controls our actions, how it changes etc. This book is a fine guide for this process.

One of my best takeaways from this book is, knowledge on adult emotional dependency. No matter how carefully I manage my mind and actions, I find myself in a break down once in a while. In those moments I rely on others for comfort. This dependency costs me way more than I admit. Emotional self-reliance is the only way out from this condition. I learned to eliminate this issue from this book. It was essential and it is the way forward.

Through self-love and self-parenting, the author connects our mind with the body. Before reading this book, I treat both of them as one. But it is possible to separate them and reconnect them whenever you want. The mind management techniques was an eye-opener for me. The knowledge that has poured through this book is unmatchable.

I can summarize this as a whole new level of wisdom.

Amina Thajudeen Book Review, non-fiction, Self-Help

A Guide to Motivation, Happiness, Success & Resilience by Gavin Aubrey | Review

An action-oriented self-help book for those looking to seriously boost their motivation, happiness, success or resilience.

The brain is a magnificent thing. Unfortunately, it didn’t come with any instructions…

This book provides an easy to understand explanation of how our brains work when it comes to personal motivation, success, happiness and resilience.

So, if you want to know why some people jump the queue when it comes to job promotion, or why others are just, well… happier than you are, this quick and easy read will tell you all you need to know.

Title: A Guide to Motivation, Happiness, Success & Resilience

Author: Gavin Aubrey

Pages: 105

My review

A mind-blowing guide to crack the secret code to our brain

Brain is a fascinating part of our body. Unfortunately, we do not realize its potential in our lifetime. Everything we need is a mind game. Mastering in the control over our thoughts and mind is the path towards success and happiness. This is the journey to master this mind game.

Self-development is one of my favourite subjects for learning. I am always looking for original ideas in this field. But this book really surprised me. The methods and techniques devised are fresh and practical. The author has years of experience in training teams for better performance. This accumulates huge practical knowledge in this subject. Because of that, he knows what works and whatnot. These techniques are foolproof and backed by real-life opinions of people.

Our brain is deceptive. It knows our fears and insecurities. They drag us from reaching our goal. The author introduces techniques to eliminate these beliefs and fears. By applying these methods we can counteract with our belief system. It is the only sustainable way. The author uses the analogy of an iceberg to derive relations between our behaviour, beliefs, values, and feelings. This connection perfectly symbolizes our thought processes.

What I really liked about this book is, the methods to get out of the rut. No matter how motivated I’m, often I found myself in the ditches of rut. But these techniques helped me to eliminate this phase permanently. Understanding our brain and the origin of thoughts is the key.

Amina Thajudeen Book Review, non-fiction, Self-Help

Aging: The Process of Aging Well and Secrets of Longevity by Alessia Cucca | Book review

Learn how to age well mentally and physically
Find out the secrets of longevity and why in the isle of Sardinia, one of the Blue Zones, there are a high numbers of centenarians.
Aging is inevitable, but how you approach life, and your potential longevity will matter. You can become a centenarian if you wish, by following the behaviours of those who have made it to one hundred or even beyond. Of course, your genetics do play a role too, about twenty percent according to the scientists. You can work with your genes and attempt to learn from
the Blue Zones to combat what may happen or give in to the inevitable.
Plenty of people have come back from cancer. Others have staved off dementia and Alzheimer’s progression, not the disease, but the quickness of the decline the disorder provides.
Follow the nine common denominators to a healthier life:
1. Move Naturally
2. Purpose
3. 80% Rule
4. Down-shift
5. Wine at 5
6. Eating More Plants
7. Loved Ones Come First
8. Belong
9. The Right Tribe
to live a longer and happier life.
This book will help you to do so.

Title: Aging: The Process of Aging Well and Secrets of Longevity

Author: Alessia Cucca

Pages: 26

My review

Aging is inevitable. Only a few people are blessed with longevity. That’s why centenarians are celebrated. Everyone is curious to know their “secrets”. The truth is there is no so-called “secrets”. There is no sure-shot way to achieve longevity. But globally, five places were identified as The Blue Zone which met National Geographic’s demographic study regarding the longest living people. We can find some common traits in their lives. The author is trying to uncover these potential reasons for their longevity, through this book.

This short book is strongly backed by the scientific research in this field. The author draws every conclusion, based on evidence-based results only. Because of this unique feature, I find this book trustworthy.

Aging is not a surface concept. But it is our skin which proves our aging process. Aging affects not only our body but also our mental health. We can slow down our physical aging to a certain extent by adopting a better lifestyle. But deterioration of mental health over time, demands our special attention. I think taking care of mental health should be a priority over others. Because it affects everything. This book was an eye-opener for me in this subject.

The best way to avoid fear is to face it courageously. All of us will face aging someday. What matters at the end is, did we age with grace or simply let it happen in its way.

Amina Thajudeen Book Review, non-fiction, Self-Help

Meditation for Beginners: A, B, C’s to Mindfulness by Demetrius Irick | Book review

This book was created with one goal in mind and that’s to change your life using the art of meditation. Meditation has been around for thousands of years and the benefits are documented in countless scientific sources. The health benefits include lowering blood pressure, better concentration, slowing down dementia, reduced stress & anxiety, depression and the list go on & on. Although, meditation does have some religious affiliation it’s not solely a religious thing. Meditation will not conflict with your religious belief but it will enhance anyone’s spiritual practice

Title: Meditation for Beginners: A, B, C’s to Mindfulness 

Author: Demetrius Irick

Pages: 154

My review

A perfect guide for beginners!

Meditation for Beginners is an 8-week course for anyone interested to start and build a habit of it. Meditation is the only activity in our life that can give back the time we dedicate to practice it. If properly done, meditation can even multiply the time we spent doing tasks daily. The benefits of practicing meditation is scientifically proven and it is one of the easiest habit one can develop. Yet we lack the discipline for it.

This is one of the easiest meditation guides, I have ever come across. Because it acknowledges the problems of a beginner and addresses numerous questions that may arise in our mind during the course. The author also provides solutions to tackle the problems that we may have during the initial phase of practice. It also busts many myths around meditation. The author even narrates his own experience when he first started practicing.

This is a week by week schedule. In each week we can learn one new technique of meditation. This technique has to be practiced throughout the week to gain benefit from it. The author also explains every technique in detail and the benefits of it, at the beginning of each chapter. Through meditation, we can finally tackle our fears and transform our reactions to responses.

What makes this book exceptional is its completeness in this topic. This book covers every meditation practice and everything we need to know about it, which eliminates the need for other books.

Rating:5/5

Amina Thajudeen Book Review, Quotes, Self-Help

The Leader’s Book of Inspiration: Quotes and Insights for Today’s Leaders by Michael Elliott|Book review

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Title: The Leader’s Book of Inspiration: Quotes and Insights for Today’s Leaders
Author: Michael Elliott
Pages: 170
Blurb
The Leader’s Book of Inspiration is a work of extraordinary insights for self-driven go-getters. Whether you are an entrepreneur, illustrator, writer, executive, or pastor, a leader needs a book s/he can lean on for inspiration. This is that book. Drawing from the greatest kings, authors, artists, poets, philosophers, and religious minds of all time, and amassing over 300 lessons for the 21st-century leader, this refreshing collection of quotes delivers a wealth of eternal knowledge, that is sure to stand the test of time. The Leader’s Book of Inspiration is an essential addition to any personal library. There is everything to gain by igniting the imagination through profound words of inspiration. This book will be your spark.
My review
Life is all about goals and dreams. It is a quest for our own purpose. We have the freedom to uses our limited years of life for our own good or for doing good to others. Not all can manifest their own destiny. When we fail, we seek guidance. Those who have walked the same path before are the best mentors to choose from. This is why we rely on motivation to supplement our endeavors. But extrinsic motivation is always something short-lived. Intrinsic motivation only emerges from our own inner self. What we can do for this is to fall back to the knowledge from great visionaries and leaders to build strong morale.

This book is a great collection of quotes from almost all the visionaries who have ever walked on the earth. The insights range from poets to Kings, authors to philosophers. I must say it is a great addition to my personal book collection because it serves as a constant source of motivation. The author has divided this book into nine parts, each one discusses the insights from a particular group of leaders. This composition helps to read and accept things that best suits each one of us.

Rating:5/5