THE POWER OF AWE

A science-backed plan for daily, small-dose meditations of 5 - 15 seconds each, to improve chronic stress, pain, burnout, and more.

Together, Jake and Michael have developed a shortcut to transcendence that has been hailed as "the future of mindfulness" by Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt, and which has been proven effective in thousands of patients, clients, and study participants. The first peer-reviewed study of their A.W.E. method, in partnership with the Greater Good Science Center at University of California, Berkeley, is on track to be published this year.

"Mindfulness" has become a part of our everyday lingo, yet it is a practice that many find elusive. Now Jake Eagle, a therapist and longtime mindfulness practitioner and instructor, and Dr. Michael Amster, a physician specializing in chronic pain, share their bite?sized approach to this life-changing practice, using wonder and awe as an entry point. Their proprietary, science-based A.W.E. method itself is comprised of just three steps: Attention (giving your focus fully to something you value or find amazing), Wait (take a deep breath and appreciate this cherished item), and Exhale & Expand (as you exhale slowly, allow whatever you are feeling to expand and grow) - for a total of only about 5?15 seconds. Practiced two or three times a day, these microdoses of mindfulness have been proven to help reduce anxiety, burnout, chronic pain and inflammation, and confer a host of benefits.

You might think you need to stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon, see the ocean at sunrise, or watch a legendary musician perform to truly feel awe; indeed, all other studies had previously relied on taking participants to breathtaking vistas or replicating that experience with virtual reality. Jake and Michael's accessible practice allows you to find awe everywhere, every day.

In Microdosing Mindfulness, you'll learn:
- The surprising and little?known science of awe
- How we unwittingly cut ourselves off from feeling awe
- The practice of A.W.E.
- How A.W.E. can enhance traditional mental health therapies
- Strategies for using A.W.E. to improve relationships, alleviate existential anxiety, and manage chronic pain
.and more

Eagle and Amster's proven A.W.E. program is easy, doable in less than a minute, and has profound - and proven - effects. From Jon Kabat?Zinn classic books on mindfulness to newer practitioners like our own Cory Muscara to the recent bestsellers Practicing Mindfulness by Matthew Sockolov and Mindfulness by Mark Williams and Danny Penman, there is ongoing hunger for books in this space. With their expertise and empirical evidence, Eagle and Amster have created a program that builds wonder and awe into this ancient practice.

Jake Eagle, LPC, is a psychotherapist, mindfulness instructor, and a fellow member trainer of the International Association of Neuro?Linguistic Programming. As a licensed mental health counselor for the past 27 years, now practicing as a meta?therapist, Jake is also the co?founder of Live Conscious, alongside his wife Hannah.

Michael Amster, MD, is a physician and faculty member at Touro School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and completed his pain management fellowship at the University of Iowa. Michael has been working as a pain management specialist for nearly 20 years. As a student of meditation for over 30 years, as well as a certified yoga teacher and meditation teacher trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Michael is also the founder of WellnessforDoctors.com, through which he works with healthcare professionals directly.