Silence, Joanna Nylund
Silence, Joanna Nylund
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Silence
Harnessing the restorative power of silence in a noisy world

Author: Joanna Nylund

Narrator: Camilla Rockley

Unabridged: 2 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gaia

Published: 02/06/2020

Synopsis

In our increasingly frenetic, modern lives, silence has become a treasured commodity. In an era of constant technological stimulation, moments of silence and reflection are harder to achieve than ever before. But what really is silence and what effect does it have on our wellbeing?

In Silence, Joanna Nylund reflects on the cultural, scientific and spiritual impact of silence and the ways in which it has impacted our human history, whilst suggesting how we might be able to harness it's power to boost our health. With practical tips and techniques Nylund demonstrates that integrating moments of silence into our everyday routine can increase creativity, improve communication and improve mental health.

Silence shows us that moments of quiet are not to be feared but are windows of introspection to embraced and harnessed for our own personal development.

(p) Octopus Publishing 2020

About Joanna Nylund

Joanna Nylund was born and raised in Finland, where she started her writing career doing music reviews for a local magazine at age 15. After studying English literature at university and living in the UK for a few years, she has been working as a translator, journalist, copywriter and photographer. She resides in Helsinki with her husband.Aside from writing for Finnish newspapers and magazines on topics of culture, literature and history, Joanna is a regular contributor to ThisIsFinland, the Finnish Foreign Ministry's portal on all things Finnish, and SCAN Magazine. She has to rustle up a bit more sisu whenever cold autumn winds begin beating the Helsinki shoreline where she goes running, but secretly enjoys the challenge.Find out more about Joanna on Instagram @joannaulfsdotter, Facebook @joanna.nylund or her website and blog at www.joannaulfsdotter.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

As Joanna Nylund points out, there's always a lot of noise around, like the humming of a refrigerator, the sound of distant traffic, the twittering of a passing bird, all happening as I write. A flask of coffee makes bubbly sounds. Where I live is actually a quiet place, in the outer suburbs; a cousi......more

Goodreads review by Alistair

In this ode to silence which sometimes nods towards Eckhart Tolle’s minimalism-seeking classic, The Power of Now, Nylund puts forth a powerful and engaging argument for why we should become more comfortable with silence. She interviews Quakers, speaks with hikers and chats with cyclists who’ve pound......more

Goodreads review by Baisakhi

The author brings out in a very subtle way, the power of harnessing silence into day-to-day life. By sharing excerpts from real life conversations; relevant quotes; various simple techniques to incorporate more and more of 'silent time' in one's fast moving life; discussing about the Japanese and Fi......more

Goodreads review by wei ting

Great to find people who craves silence like i do. Living in a bustling city and an apartment where motorbikes just choose to speed up when passing by at all hours... Can only find silence in nature, yet being alone in the wilderness isn't exactly safe for solo women. Tough life......more

Goodreads review by Vlad

OK Short book *Teaches to be calm and enjoy calmness *You’re hypocampus can be spammed of information try to be silenced and calm to let you’re mind relax......more

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