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How to Master Your Monkey Mind

Overcome anxiety, increase confidence and regain control of your life

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How to Master Your Monkey Mind

By: Don Macpherson
Narrated by: Don Macpherson
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Are you a worrier?
Do stress and anxiety cloud your mind?
Do you ever really sleep properly?

For the first time, in this book, renowned mind coach Don Macpherson will share his ten simple tools to help you turn down the volume on the negative chatter in your head and take back control of your life.

With more than 25 years' experience in his field, his techniques have turned around the performances of countless elite sports stars from the worlds of Formula One, rugby union and tennis.

Don will show you how to find your inner confidence, be more assertive and change your life for the better.

© Don Macpherson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

 Anxiety Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Self-Esteem Sports Psychology Health Sports

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Critic reviews

What you can see, you can be, as the sports psychologist Don Macpherson has famously said.
More and more of us are realising that we need some help to make sense of ourselves and our world. The problem is that the human condition is so massively complicated that the solution can seem ultimately unfathomable. You could read every book under the sun and be none the wiser. But do not despair! You may need to read just one! It is a massive relief to find someone like Don MacPherson who has a gift for guiding us gently back to the path. He does it brilliantly. He makes it all seem so simple and achievable in his own unique, reassuring and gently humorous way. This is an excellent book that will be of great benefit to those who feel lost and overwhelmed. Just take it one chapter at a time. And everything will be OK.
I guarantee this book can help everyone in some shape or form.
One area people don't invest enough time in these days is the mental side... Don gives you the tools to go away and use, to ensure you're training your brain... The tools he has given me have helped me massively as a player on the field.
I found Don's work truly beneficial and his knowledge of the pro sportsperson's mind impressive... Don has the ability to understand and navigate what can be a minefield of distractions and issues.
I am now calmer, cooler... In taming my monkey mind, Don has brought me to heights that I didn't think I would ever reach, not only in tennis but in life.
Don's practices of achieving mental clarity have stayed with me every time that I have stepped into a race car for the past five years, as well as on a daily basis in my normal life. I can truly say that I wouldn't be where I am today without his help.
Whether it is performing at the top of your game through visualisation or coping with adversity, Macpherson is providing a player with the tools to help himself as he outlines in his book How to Master Your Monkey Mind.
My sessions on meditation, breathing, visualization, are still clearly in my mind and these are my assets even now. I believe these techniques are useful not only in extreme conditions but also on a daily basis... I hope this book will find many people who need help!
Quite simply, Don knows what works and what doesn't, so you can trust his advice, just as some of the world's most successful athletes have.
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A very good book offering 10 tips on how to inprove your performance in life , by controlling your mind.
highly recommended.

offers excellent guidance

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Excellent audiobook that I listened to everyday while travelling to and from work. Very accessible for someone just becoming aware of their own inner monkey. I found Don's work hugely beneficial - especially when dealing with negative internal chatter. Listening to Don really added to the personal resonance of the teachings and I would recommend it to anyone looking to gain more control over their mind.

Great listen!

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I’m writing this review from a cafe in Bolivia funnily enough and I would firstly like to express my deepest thanks to Don, for having written this book ‘How to master your Monkey Mind’. I found the content of the audiobook and how you broke down the tools of how to counteract the inner thoughts in our brain (monkey chatter) extremely fascinating, insightful and personally helpful.

I’m currently towards the end of 3 months of post university travelling around South America. During my travels I have used some of the techniques when I have found myself in pockets of stress in between periods of great fun! These stressors mainly revolve around trouble sleeping (new climates I think) and periods of stress around constant uncertainty (where is the next hostel? Where does the bus leave from? What did he or she say, I can’t speak or understand Spanish!)

Whilst this book may have not improved my Spanish, I found the Zen breathing and Better sleep exercises tremendously helpful as I used them on the long bus journeys before arriving at my next destination! Thank you for this!

10 out 10 would recommend to anyone interested in gaining more control over their mind and inner thoughts!

A Fantastic read for people from all ages and backgrounds!!

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Fabulous book. Very educated and informative author, reading with a very relaxing voice. Zen breathing is a real game changer!

Amazing!

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I’m a CEO of a marketing agency and suffer with anxiety this book really helped me understand things. I highly recommend it to anyone who is suffering from burnout.

Helped with my anxiety

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