Tom Rosshirt — Chasing Peace: A Story of Breakdowns, Breakthroughs, and the Spiritual Power of Neuroscience - with Tim Shriver

Tom Rosshirt, like millions of people chasing peace, put his faith in the scripture of our culture: we find peace by becoming who we want to be. So Tom aimed high, worked hard and excelled. But instead of peace, he experienced debilitating anxiety, depression, and discouraging bouts of brain fog that forced him out of his life. He was one of a rising number of people now getting sidelined by conditions doctors can't cure. Many sufferers never find their way back, but Tom got lucky. After another dead-end session with a psychiatrist, Tom heard about self-directed neuroplasticity--a daily practice of retraining the brain based on the discovery that pain and illness often start in the brain's neural circuits, and what the brain learns, the brain can unlearn. After months of using this approach, Tom began to see an alignment between neuroplasticity and the principles of spiritual practice. Reversing the patterns that made him ill did more than make him well; it opened the path from stress to peace--from striving to be who we want to be to becoming who we are.Brimming with hope, Chasing Peace is for anyone who is sick of chasing peace--but might be willing to read one more book.PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780593653289?ic_referral=vayPbJo5GKFwOTsUWlyOhW_msIBoryu1FzP6i7d15iYwM-wZohBl7tKSJ7XRlWb7VLtZGeviqvLAqYn8FiuvR5u6J7VDRuE4DztG5CHvO929nS2PMWGnSo9qsidldhBMRLfArQTom Rosshirt is a co-founder of UNITE, a co-creator of The Dignity Index, and an editor of The Call to Unite. Previously, Tom was a high school teacher, a Capitol Hill press secretary, a White House speechwriter, and a co-founder of West Wing Writers.Rosshirt is in conversation with Tim Shriver. Shriver is husband, father, educator, best-selling author, Chairman of the Special Olympics, Chairman of UNITE, and CEO of Bigger Picture Media. As Chairman of Special Olympics, he has driven the largest expansion of the organization in its history—growing the movement from one million athletes to over six million athletes in 193 countries around the world. As Chairman of UNITE, a non-profit that also emerged from this exploration, he has helped to pioneer the Dignity Index—a new tool to help Americans disagree without demonizing each other—and catalyze dozens of moonshots that unite Americans in common purpose to tackle our country’s most intractable challenges.*recorded 2/8/2025