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Rewire Your Brain: Think Your Way to a Better Life
How to rewire your brain to improve virtually every aspect of your life-based on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology on neuroplasticity and evidence-based practicesNot long ago, it was thought that the brain you were born with was the brain you would die with, and that the brain cells you had at birth were the most you would ever possess. Your brain was thou...more
Paperback, 243 pages
Published
March 29th 2010
by John Wiley & Sons
(first published January 1st 2010)
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Recommended for anyone with interest in the brain who wants to understand how to decrease anxiety or depression, improve memory and resiliency and improve their engagement in their lives.
It's a thorough analysis of the areas of the brain associated with emotion, memory and cognitive function, their individual roles and specific ways to optimize their functioning to master emotions, memory and engagement. Well worth a thoughtful read.
Arden presents an in-depth rationale for a vast array of chang...more
It's a thorough analysis of the areas of the brain associated with emotion, memory and cognitive function, their individual roles and specific ways to optimize their functioning to master emotions, memory and engagement. Well worth a thoughtful read.
Arden presents an in-depth rationale for a vast array of chang...more
If you have ever wondered why you should eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep, this book will tell you exactly which parts of your brain need what to funtion properly... in quite neurologic detail. If you are looking to "rewire" your brain and change habits and attitudes the author goes over a method that works, but doesn't offer many tips to making it a success. Mostly you have to want to change and start with a good basis of nutrition, exercise, and sleep for your brain. Then you have to...more
I expected a bit more from this book. It is a very, very basic review of the factors that influence neuroplasticity. It sort of reads like an extremely long magazine article, full of bulleted lists of tips (for example: maximize your micronutrients, which feed the proteins that power your brain; don't eat too much fried food or sugar . . . yadda). The recommendations are basically common sense, but I did find it interesting to know why, neurologically, I should move my butt each day, eat vegetab...more
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand the neuroscience behind habit forming (and wants to form new ones) To anyone that is feeling lethargic, has periods of anxiety, depression, insomnia or short - term memory problems. This book gives solid examples for some of the reasons why we develop these problems and how to use Neuroplasticity to physically restructure the brain. The book uses a system called FEED. And explains that through Focus, Effort, Effortlessness and Determination...more
Author John Arden, Ph.D, is also the director of training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. His background makes him abundantly qualified to create a book with the objective of helping people "rewire" their brains. It's a tall, difficult, and very challenging order, but the book's content makes it possible.
John anecdotally illustrates the effectiveness of his F.E.E.D. method for helping people overcome their thinking based difficulties through stories about his patie...more
John anecdotally illustrates the effectiveness of his F.E.E.D. method for helping people overcome their thinking based difficulties through stories about his patie...more
One of the more interesting books I've listened to on the brain and how it works. You've heard the recommendations of eat better, sleep more, focus attention, etc, but this book dives into why you should instead of just what. He describes how different things affect your brain and how you can change them.
This book comes across as more "self help" type than scientific type. I found that despite his ability to describe things with fancy scientific names, there was no real new information here. Get lots of sleep, eat well, and exercise is what this book should have been called.
This book was really great. It not only went through concrete steps one can take to train their brain to be more positive and calm, but it also detailed the proper kind of eating, exercising, and sleep patterns that encourage the neuroplasticity necessary for changing your baseline attitude. It wasn't so self-helpy like Buddha's Brain, so it would probably be appealing to people who want to find ways to live a better life without incorporating spirituality. However, if one were interested in wor...more
Take lots of notes! Very in depth of explaining how the brain and mind works. I really enjoyed reading this, but i will be honest. It had soooo much good information in it, that I'm going to need to read it again to digest it fully.
Along the lines of Your Brain at Work this book offers helpful ideas about how to direct your thinking and moods in order to develop a more fulfilling and productive approach to life.
Good (but very basic) synthesis of current knowledge on neuroplasticity of the brain and its various applications in everyday life. Still pretty nice to read because of the angle by which the author approaches the subject.
This is the book that I've been waiting for. The one which doesn't just say "You need to exercise and eat healthy food", but explains in detail why and how particular lifestyles affect your brain.
Finally a book which doesn't treat the reader as a 3-year-old child and doesn't just give you instructions as to how you should proceed, but also explains the science behind it all and is not afraid of using "difficult" words and ideas.
Excellent reading for anyone who is interested in how the brain func...more
Finally a book which doesn't treat the reader as a 3-year-old child and doesn't just give you instructions as to how you should proceed, but also explains the science behind it all and is not afraid of using "difficult" words and ideas.
Excellent reading for anyone who is interested in how the brain func...more
Read the book after hearing him speak. Another great addition to new thinking on how your brain can change at any age.
Explains how to apply the latest findings in neuroscience to improve you cognitive functioning in every day life
A very good book. Very neuroscience heavy, but explains why diet and exercise are so important in the proper development and function of our brain.
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One of the most influential books I've read in years.
great book
Not a science focused, but more self-help focused.
By explaining in precise detail what happens in your brain when you eat or drink the wrong things, mope indoors and sleep at the wrong times this book is a powerful weapon against depression.
this book was ok
very scientific
very scientific
Excellent book for the layperson that explains the science behind why our thoughts affect our body and our reality.
An interesting read, but it gets a bit repetitive in the later chapters.
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“By focusing on possibilities, you can see more than a potential light at the end of the tunnel. The light doesn't have to be at the end of the tunnel; it can illuminate an opportunity wherever you are.”
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