Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology

by Gina Simmons Schneider

Find lasting relief from worry and stress with powerful techniques grounded in clinical experience and neuroscience.

If you feel frazzled, you dwell in good company. Racing between the demands of work, health, family, and friends, many people report feelings of worry, irritability, and increasing stress. While we often cannot control stressful life events, we can learn to control our brain's response to those circumstances and reduce our suffering.

Drawing from the latest research and more than 25 years of clinical experience, Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider explains the link between anxiety, anger, and stress and shares groundbreaking remedies from neuropsychology. These tools will strengthen your resilience and expand your capacity for happiness.

In Frazzlebrain, you'll discover how to:

- Soften your response to stress

- Overcome toxic self-criticism

- Tame hostile and cynical thinking

- Activate your brain’s self-healing properties

- Create meaningful experiences

- Cultivate optimism and hopefulness

Each chapter offers exercises, case examples, and self-improvement skills to help you achieve a calmer, happier, healthier lifestyle.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Health

293 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 5, 2022

About the author

Gina Simmons Schneider, Ph.D. is co-director of Schneider Counseling and Corporate Solutions. She is a licensed psychotherapist, certified executive coach, and corporate trainer with over 25 years of experience.

Her book, Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology (Central Recovery Press, April 2022), provides evidence-based coping strategies to foster calm resilience.  Dr. Simmons Schneider writes helpful articles for Psychology Today and the award-winning M.A.D. blog.

 She sings and plays bass guitar for the rock band "One Track Mind." They have performed for several charitable and fundraising events in San Diego County. She is passionate about helping others to live more rewarding and fulfilling lives. 

Reviews

[Tania Pryputniewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider’s Frazzlebrain brings together a variety of powerful and relatable life examples and just enough science to motivate readers to really pay attention to the ways we habitually hemorrhage vital energy to stressors. While teasing apart the braid of anger, anxiety, and stress, Dr. Schneider writes with a generous warmth throughout the book that comforts and encourages. At the end of each chapter, clear-eyed exercises and suggestions—Dr. Schneider’s frazzlehacks—offer a roadmap for lasting change. I was blessed to watch this book unfold chapter by chapter and found immediate inspiration in beautiful concepts regarding the brain’s ability to self-heal. As a writer, I fell in love with Dr. Schneider’s call to respect the power of our metaphors in her section, “Manage Your Metaphors.” I think about this all the time now in terms of the story of my past, present, and what I imagine for my future. Frazzlebrain is a fabulous book to share with your beloveds struggling (like most of us) to truly and deeply experience more joy and peace on a daily basis.

[Nicola Ranson · Rating 5 out of 5]

These days I think there is something wrong with anyone who DOESN'T have Frazzlebrain! I will be using this book for myself and, as a therapist, will recommend it to my clients. There are several reasons why this book is a cut above many of the self-help books out there. Primarily, it is because of the warm and knowledgeable voice of the author which is like having a confident therapist take you by the hand and tell you that things are going to be Okay! Also, it is grounded in Neuropsychology—but not in an intimidating way. Doctor Simmons Schneider seems to enjoy guiding the reader through the scientific background and makes the explanations accessible—and fun! I will be using Frazzlebrain as a handy reference to be able to explain why all these great calming exercises work. Lastly, I really liked the numerous stories of real-life applications. This is a good—and comforting—read.

[Michael Alcee · Rating 5 out of 5]

How refreshing to read a book about anxiety, anger, and stress that teaches something new and so very useful to both therapists and the frazzled amongst us. Gina Simmons Schneider’s book is the witty and compelling instruction manual you didn’t know you’ve needed all your life. With fantastic metaphors, intriguing quotes, and practical tips, she brings together the best of therapy and neuroscience in a way you’ve never seen before and won’t soon forget.

[Susie]

An informative and helpful book about the many ways we can take action to prevent or treat anxiety & overwhelm. This book is full of journaling exercises, meditation, and research — all handled without pretense. Highly recommended.

[Gina Schneider]

Frazzlebrain provides bite-sized pieces of actionable information for relief from anxiety, anger, and stress. Frazzlebrain has three parts:
1. Focused thoughts: how to cool down and self-soothe, move from hostility to hope, and use the imagination to activate joy.
2. Intentional behaviors: care for your gut with a proper diet to support a healthy brain, cultivate kindness for good relationships, connect with nature to calm the body.
3. Healing experiences: learn how relationships change your brain, how to cultivate positive emotions, and why mindfulness heals.
In addition to all of that readers get 23 Frazzle Hacks, or easy exercises to foster calm resilience. Two self-assessment tools help you identify areas of growth. Charts and worksheets help you measure your progress. I hope you love Frazzlebrain's self-soothing strategies for a happier life!

[Rebecca Rolland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must-read for all those facing anxiety, stress, anger, and simply feelings of distractions given our hectic everyday lives. I was so impressed by the blend of the theory and practical here, especially the 23 strategies that can easily be put into use. I also appreciated deeply her investigation of healing from the perspective of the body as well as the mind and her strong grounding in the scientific research. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the everyday bustle and responsibilities, and this book is a critical guide to help. Thanks to Dr. Simmons Schneider for writing it!

[Lindsey Salatka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’d like to keep this book in my back pocket always as a reminder to stay in the moment. I love the tools and insights offered in a light, understandable way. So helpful. Highly recommend!

[Marijke McCandless · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frazzlebrain is a wonderful practical guide that seamlessly melds neuroscience, psychology, mindfulness, and self-inquiry. I find myself reading one section a night, allowing the lessons to percolate the next day. Dr. Simmons Schneider’s kind tone and down-to-earth examples from her years as a therapist show us what anxiety might look like in its different guises. Her wise suggestions for how to relax our anxiety-prone brains come with the backing of not only scientific studies but her own transformation amid burnout. Her advice in Part I about investigating our thoughts is familiar to me as a long-time awareness practitioner and I appreciate how spirituality, science and psychology all find common ground. I love that she dives deeper in Part II into the brain/gut mental health connection, for this has also been an important part of my practice. The final section on healing experiences especially in our relationships also resonates. We may ultimately be on a solo healing journey, but we live with other people and it would be short-sighted not to acknowledge how much our relationships impact our well-being. In short, this book is for everyone. Whether you are a spiritual practitioner, like myself, or a secularist, Dr. Simmons Schneider’s Frazzlebrain and has something to offer.

[Nancy Villalobos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology by Gina Simmons Schneider

Even if you think your life and your mental health are perfect in these difficult times, Frazzlebrain has a surprise for you: it call all be better. Dr. Gina Schneider leads the reader through the steps to calming the major and minor upheavals in our daily lives with humor, insight, and some endearing personal examples.

Full disclosure: My current review is restricted to the table of contents, as I am awaiting my advance order of the hard copy, but I have been privy to the toddlerhood of this important resource in my writing group. Dr. Gina Schneider’s engaging and highly accessible guide to regaining and maintaining a state of calm in a frazzled world hooked me from the Introduction.

How frazzled am I? More than I thought. The chapter headings alone led me on a path to 1) admitting that I might be just the teeniest bit frazzled, 2) believing there is hope for my cynical attitudes and toxic self-criticism, and 3) understanding that the words nurturing, meaningful, and uplifting deserve a larger space in my life.

With plain language and warm encouragement, Dr. Schneider leads us to new awareness of our ability to effect practically painless change in ourselves.

Frazzlebrain is a resource to keep at hand, a pick-me-up for the nightstand, and an accessible source of calm and inspiration.

Go buy the book.

[stylelover · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful book this is— a well-researched, thoughtfully organized, and practical work that can help you become more centered and less frazzled. I love the journaling and breathing exercises as reminders of ways to slow down and bring health and balance back to the nervous system. This book is a fantastic resource for anyone looking for a more fulfilling way to walk through life.