I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as it was evidently well researched, simple to read and gave great insight to how the reader can improve awareness.

An interesting take on science and applying it to the human condition

An amazingly engaging book that aims to explain the wonder and marvel of quantum mechanics. Even if you are not usually a fan of popular science books, this well written book dispenses with intimidating jargon and brings physics back down to earth.

I received an e-copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I initially requested this book because the description intrigued me. The author's writing style is thoughtful, eloquent, and intellectual. I appreciate the use of metaphors, such as when he refers to wave collapses and how a person can make use of that moment for personal growth. This book is not about Law of Attraction teachings but rather focuses on our ability to change our views and release attachments to the stories we've created about ourselves and our experiences. A particularly helpful insight is how we can change our personal belief about an emotionally charged topic from subjective to objective--in other words, he offers a way to reframe beliefs on a variety of topics that might hold someone back from personal growth and effective communication. I also appreciate his encouragement to embrace uncertainty, vulnerability, mistakes, and intellectual intuition.

I would have liked a summary of what to do/what not to do at the end of each chapter to easily identify key points.

I recommend this book for anyone ready to shift their thinking away from victimhood and toward healing old stories. I should note this isn't a book you can sit down and read quickly, and it's not written in the conversational style many self-help books lean toward.

Sorry, I thought this was an interesting read, based on the topic, but this book wasn't for me. I noticed I made excuses not to have to read this book.

I have recently been exploring my spirituality so was very interested to read this book. I found it quite hard going but did manage to get to the end. I was won over by some of the Author's arguments but it left me rather confused in places - I think possibly because I know nothing about quantum physics. An interesting read, more educational than the usual light-weight self-help type book.

Brilliant book !! This is one of the best books I have read on quantum physics because it is practical it is related to everyday life and how we can put it into practice. It was easy to understand, and that is a huge bonus with any book trying to explain quantum physics principles. I loved everything about the book, the layout, the level of information, the case studies, and most all the level it was pitched at. A very special book. What a way to help people to understand quantum physics. Fantastic. Thank you

Too much description of the science for me and I zoned out as I got bored with it, I am not interested in it. I know according to the author it relates to how we think and the ideology relating to it is good but I did not get full understanding/benefit from the relationship between the science and our thinking because I found the science too long winded and boring and I was unable to take it in. While I can see that the book may help some people whose life is on an uncertain path, for me it is as though the author is totally against having any routine or certainty in your life as will create boredom for example and I disagree with this. I only got to 30% of the book. As this is a quite negative review I will not put it on Amazon etc al.

A couple of weeks ago while browsing on NetGalley I came across The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love by Mel Schwartz.

I became intrigued by this title. Is there a relevance between quantum mechanics and psychotherapy? And how quantum mechanics can help us reach our full potential? I felt there was something interesting there. I asked for it and I spend the next two days reading it. It totally surprised me.

After a panic attack the psychotherapist Mel Schwartz sits in his desk and starts reading a popular science book about quantum physics. Not only he immersed himself in understanding the science behind the quantum physics, but he started thinking how it might affect us on personal level.

The current worldview is based on classical Newtonian mechanics. It is a deterministic world model which presupposes the prediction of late state if all the parameters describing a previous state in the system are known. But it becomes very difficult to fit complicated phenomena, such as the human behaviour in this simplistic cause and effect model. ‘Through this filter’ says Mel Schwartz, ‘we experience a vast array of struggle and malaise, anxiety, depression, failed relationships, incoherent communication and the gloom of existential despair.’

Embracing uncertainty can empower us, argues Schwartz. It is a state called “entanglement” or “spooky actions at a distance”, as Albert Einstein called it rather dismissively. Entanglement is part of the quantum mechanics, the branch of physics that describes the way the world works at the level of atoms and other smaller particles. Quantum mechanics says that at these very tiny scales, some properties of particles are based entirely on probability. In other words, nothing is certain until it happens.

It is a mind-altering reality that defies our common sense approach to cause and effect. It necessitates a radical reconsideration of the way we envision reality, it becomes more fluid and open, less structured and limited. In the mechanistic model of mind, it is s very hard to preserve free will, because classical physics presumes that once all the initial coordinates of a system are known, final coordinates can be determined. The quantum mechanical model of mind can allow the possibility of freedom of will, can enable us to become the masters of our lives.