Quach - Calm clarity: how to use science to rewire your brain for greater wisdom, fulfillment, and joy

Calm Clarity

Calm Clarity tells Due Quachs story of transformation, weaving her rich life experience with in-depth scientific insights from across diverse fields. Due has created practical and accessible tools for readers to not just be inspired by her transformation, but to set off and experience their own profound changes as well.

S HARON S ALZBERG , New York Times bestselling author of Real Love and Real Happiness

Calm Clarity is refreshingly readable, easily accessible, and understandable; a very valuable addition to contemporary books on transforming our minds and creating the foundation of a happy life.

S YLVIA B OORSTEIN, PhD, author of Happiness Is an Inside Job

Quach offers an extensive exploration of neuroscience and trauma resolution that led her from a struggling beginning with her impoverished Vietnamese family to Harvard, a Wharton MBA, and business success. She delves into the importance of meditation, ancient wisdom teachings, and the latest scientific research in transforming outer success into a deep inner peace and calm clarity. This is an extraordinary work by an extraordinary woman.

A LLAN L OKOS , author of Patience

Our world is in need of healing because there is so much pain and negativity being transmitted. Calm Clarity provides a powerful, practical, science-based approach to healing and transforming our pain and cultivating compassion to enable others to do so also. The compelling story of Due Quachs personal modern-day metamorphosis from a skeptic into a mystic will touch the hearts and minds of seekers everywhere, and her ongoing efforts to bring these tools to low-income communities to end the transmission of toxic stress and trauma is inspiring.

R ICHARD R OHR , author of Falling Upward

Imagine leading an organization where taking personal responsibility, having positive interpersonal relationships, performing at the highest level, and thinking creatively are commonplace. This is the future: Calm Claritys mixture of cognitive science, spirituality, and enlightened thinking are already transforming everything we know about life and work.

H OWARD B LUMENTHAL , visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania

Calm Clarity is an essential guide for the masses, to not only understand how the brain works in a simple but scientific way, but also to find a pathway to inner peace and a joyful life. Thanks, Due, for revealing something so complex, so simply.

T OM C RONIN , founder of the Stillness Project and producer of The Portal documentary film

One of the best books I have ever read. Yes, this book is about rewiring your brain for greater wisdom and joy, but it also shares Dues compelling story of resilience and grit, a very personal account of shifting from entanglement to enlightenment.

R ICK B ELLINGHAM , EdD, CEO of iobility

Calm Clarity captivates not only the mind, but also the heart, soul, and imagination. Due Quach skillfully interweaves scientific understanding with spiritual wisdom and grounds these important insights in everyday life by sharing how they enabled her inspiring personal journey of healing and transformation. This book can help anyone looking for effective tools to manage anxiety and their inner critic.

S COTT B ARRY K AUFMAN , P H D, coauthor of Wired to Create

Calm Clarity is the powerful story of a womans journey from early chaos to a life of profound purpose. Combining the latest research on the brain with a skeptical dive into ancient spiritual wisdom, Due Quach develops an impressive program of brain hacks. These tools can help all of us, especially those who have traumatic histories, to fashion a better life by thinking more clearly and more calmly.

R OBERT K REIDER , former president and CEO of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Accessible yet deep, Calm Clarity helps readers achieve inner transformation, untangle emotional knots, and find clarity. This book is a revelatory and inspiring guide on the spiritual path that also helps people develop the leader inside them.

P ATRICIO B ARRIGA , CEO and president of Fagor America, Inc.

Dues rich personal narrative is interwoven with deep research into the way our brains work, offering lessons and tools that all of us should embrace for our own good and for the good of the world we live in.

P HILIP W. L OVEJOY , executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association

Calm Clarity is both inspiring and practical. Due Quach combines her incredible personal journey with a deep scientific exploration and practical tools to help people investigate their own paths. This book is for seekers, pragmatists, and all those who are looking to live a deep, meaningful life.

L ARRY S CHWARTZ , founding chair of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Due Quach has given us an exceptional giftshes taken research on neuroscience and mindfulness and made it easy to understand. But more than that, shes used this research to build a set of practices that will help you to optimize your nervous system and rise to the challenges you face. And shes done this with a keen awareness of the social realities of our time. Highly recommended!

P AUL Z ELIZER , founder of Awarepreneurs

Quach has broken down complex neuroscience into an easily understandable three-stage framework, making it possible for anyone interested in personal fulfillment and joy to follow a simple path and attain success.

K RISHNA P ENDYALA , president of the Mindful Nation Foundation, Chief Empowerment Officer of ChoiceLadder Institute, and author of Beyond the Pig and the Ape

Following Due on her journey is so inspiring that you cant help but think about your own path and lifes purpose. Her fascinating insights into current brain science and ancient Buddhist teachings provide the foundation for her Calm Clarity program, which all of us can use to live happier, more fulfilling lives.

R OBIN W HIT E O WEN , creative producer of MediaCombo, Inc.

The book is a tour de forcereally well written, clear, easy to follow, and inspiring.

T OM T RITTON , former president of Haverford College and the Chemical Heritage Foundation

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Names: Quach, Due, author.

Title: Calm clarity : how to use science to rewire your brain for greater wisdom, fulfillment, and joy / Due Quach.

Description: New York : TarcherPerigee, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.