https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/philosophy-spirituality-books.html vi Mon, 2 Mar 2026 01:03:00 GMT Mon, 2 Mar 2026 01:03:00 GMT https://readingtoheal.com/en/rss.html https://readingtoheal.com/uploads/logo-614x476_f8e441dfbe29b0ada0056903a988e059.png https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/philosophy-spirituality-books.html 144 112 https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/the-monk-who-sold-his-ferrari-summary-60.html Mon, 2 Mar 2026 01:03:00 GMT Most of us participate in a relentless lifelong race forward, facing the worries of money and basic needs, craving certain achievements, or getting caught in the cycle of chasing material things in modern society. Only when we accidentally encounter failures or deadlocks do we admit to being soaked in exhaustion and ask ourselves: what is the true meaning of this life?]]> https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/the-let-them-theory-summary-56.html Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:02:00 GMT Have you ever wondered why some people are able to maintain serenity and composure in the face of groundless judgment, insults, or injustice? What helps them avoid being swept away by fleeting emotions, refusing to let external noise invade their internal stillness?]]> https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/the-consolations-of-philosophy-summary-healing-51.html Tue, 3 Feb 2026 08:02:00 GMT If you are struggling to get along with others, lacking money, being looked down upon as weak, facing setbacks and sorrows, or living a life that isn't going as planned, you might want to read a very special book titled The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton.]]> https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/arthur-schopenhauer-s-the-wisdom-of-life-29.html Wed, 7 Jan 2026 01:01:00 GMT When in poverty, we suffer; when we achieve external goals, we grow bored due to a sense of emptiness. Thus, our lives swing like a pendulum between two extremes: pain and boredom.Is there a way to escape this polarity? The answer is yes, according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in his book The Wisdom of Life.

Let’s explore with Reading To Heal the path of turning inward to find the happiness that is already within us!]]> https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/hardwiring-happiness-brain-reprogramming-heal-method-25.html Mon, 5 Jan 2026 07:01:00 GMT Have you ever wondered why you're easily obsessed with a criticism, blame, or critique, while compliments fade away quickly? Despite being highly evolved creatures, we carry the instinct to cling to fear, readily focusing on negativity, sadness, and pain. Joy, for us, often departs too fast. Living in the wealthiest era in history, most people still struggle to find happiness.

For hundreds of millions of years, our brains evolved to prioritize the detection of danger. This negativity bias causes every painful memory, failure, or loss to stick tightly to our neurons, easily triggering anxiety and anger. This mechanism once saved our ancestors from predators, but today, it traps you in a vicious cycle of stress and unhappiness.

Dr. Rick Hanson, a renowned American neuropsychologist, combined neuroscience, positive psychology, and evolutionary biology to create the book I'm eager to share with you today: Hardwiring Happiness.

Through this book, he points out a hopeful truth: You can build a peaceful, resilient, and deeply contented soul to live a happy life by reprogramming your brain.

Perhaps you've heard about methods for cultivating happiness through Buddhist philosophy or psychology on the Reading To Heal Website, but today, with a brain-science perspective, we hope to help you discover a new path to steadily overcome anxiety, sadness, and truly experience authentic joy.]]> https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/courage-to-be-disliked-summary-guide-23.html Mon, 5 Jan 2026 02:01:00 GMT If the price of freedom is being disliked by others, would you want to be free? If you do not have an answer yet, read the book The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga immediately.

First of all, to achieve the best reading effect, Reading To Heal advises you to read it at least twice. The first time, you can focus on certain perspectives presented in each chapter and discover some special points. Then, when reading it a second time, you will easily feel that the entire book is extremely coherent and complete; the small points are interconnected, and you will not be able to help but admire the authors.

You will discover that the central idea of this book is perhaps what is stated right at the beginning: "The world is incredibly simple, and people can achieve happiness at any time."]]> https://readingtoheal.com/en/news/healing-books/atomic-habits-summary-guide-22.html Mon, 5 Jan 2026 02:01:00 GMT As we all know, habits are a double-edged sword; your current habits can lead you to a better life, but they can also cause you to regress over the years. And it is no exaggeration to say that if you can control your habits, you can control your life. So, let us look back for a moment: Are you progressing every day, or is the "you" of this year still the same as last year, without much change or development?

Building and maintaining habits is not a new topic, and the book Atomic Habits by James Clear is likely familiar to many.

Before reading this book, Reading To Heal was aware of many similar books on habit formation. Some discuss habit-building from a psychological perspective or summarize practical technical tips, but Atomic Habits is fresh in the way the author delivers his message through tightly argued, practical, and more concise reasoning.

Specifically, the most core value I perceived is the author telling us something very important: Changing yourself is about changing your identity. Instead of controlling yourself through willpower to maintain a habit, it is better to change from the inside out.]]>