Download or read book Brain Reset written by David Gillespie and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anxiety, depression and addiction are the scourge of modern-day living. How are they linked? How do we beat them? According to bestselling author and researcher David Gillespie, we are more addicted than ever before, which is playing havoc with our dopamine levels. This is fuelling epidemic-like levels of depression, anxiety and stress. Gillespie reveals a large and robust body of research that shows how addictive activities, such as screen use, sugar consumption, drinking, gambling, shopping and smoking, spike our dopamine levels. This, in turn, affects our brain's ability to regulate our mood. The good news is that we can break the cycle to make things better. There are myriad root causes of mental illness, many of which are beyond our control; David argues that it makes sense to tackle the thing that is within our control - our see-sawing dopamine levels. Packed with cutting-edge research and practical advice, David's latest book arms us with the tools we need to break our addictions, conquer uncertainty and reset our brains.
Download or read book Reset Your Child s Brain written by Victoria L. Dunckley, MD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and irritable, many of these children are diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar illness, autism, or other disorders but don’t respond well to treatment. They are then medicated, often with poor results and unwanted side effects. Based on emerging scientific research and extensive clinical experience, integrative child psychiatrist Dr. Victoria Dunckley has pioneered a four-week program to treat the frequent underlying cause, Electronic Screen Syndrome (ESS). Dr. Dunckley has found that everyday use of interactive screen devices — such as computers, video games, smartphones, and tablets — can easily overstimulate a child’s nervous system, triggering a variety of stubborn symptoms. In contrast, she’s discovered that a strict, extended electronic fast single-handedly improves mood, focus, sleep, and behavior, regardless of the child’s diagnosis. It also reduces the need for medication and renders other treatments more effective. Offered now in this book, this simple intervention can produce a life-changing shift in brain function and help your child get back on track — all without cost or medication. While no one in today’s connected world can completely shun electronic stimuli, Dr. Dunckley provides hope for parents who feel that their child has been misdiagnosed or inappropriately medicated, by presenting an alternative explanation for their child’s difficulties and a concrete plan for treating them.
Download or read book Brain Reboot written by Justin Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an adventure of a book. It explains how to reboot your brain, be happier, healthier and perform better in your work and personal life. The author, Dr. Justin J. Kennedy, is a professor who started a career as a neuroscientist after being in a coma. In this book he shares his incredible story on how to reboot your brain. The book is full of stories from his coaching work with executive clients. Inside, find useful tips that you can easily apply into your daily life. Marshall Goldsmith - the world's #1 coach says: "When I met Justin, he shared the biggest change in recovering from a coma was not learning to walk and talk again but feeling happy. His journey is remarkable. This book shares his experience and insights in how the brain is triggered and what you can do to become the person you want to be at work and in life. His journey is your gain as he shares the neuro-anatomy of what is possible to be the best version of yourself." In this book you'll learn that your brain has only one emotional trigger, and how your feelings follow.
Download or read book Hijacked by Your Brain written by Dr. Julian Ford and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when stress takes over your life, and nothing you do to feel better seems to work? When you... Melt down over the smallest things Get angry at the people you love Choke under pressure Feel tense and worried all the time Procrastinate or give up in the face of a crucial deadline Use food, alcohol, gambling, or other addictions to cope Dwell on the past when you just want to move on Hijacked by Your Brain is the first book to explain how stress changes your brain and what you can do about it. Stress is not the enemy. In order to reduce stress, you have to understand why your brain causes you to feel stress and how you can take advantage of it to handle the high-stress people and situations in your life. This groundbreaking book reveals the step missing in most stress reduction guides. We can't stop stress, but we can control the effect stress has on us. Hijacked by Your Brain is the user's manual for your brain that shows you how to free yourself when stress takes over.
Download or read book The Neuroscience Of Change written by Timmy Shaneyfelt and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People who turn to the motivation, coaching, and self-help industries are often frustrated by the lack of fruit, change or progress for their investment. This book will explain in simple terms, using easy-to-read narrative in story form, the steps they need to take to motivate, coach, and help themselves. This book nestles into the current popular trend of "everything is neuro" but avoids being too heavy-handed and academic, whilst utilizing research garnered from that field. As it takes these discoveries and applies them personally, it joins the self-help genre. But with a twist, it adds the coaching frame, to facilitate accountability and a plan for change. Absolutely all of the suggestions have been road-tested, researched, and evidenced. This book approaches personal development and high performance from a coaching perspective to facilitate lasting change, giving you a chance at real progress. Absolutely all of the discoveries in this have been road-tested with stunning results. While the characters are fictitious, the experts you will meet are all real, as are the outcomes. Finally, it has been written in the form of a narrative, a business allegory, a story so that the lessons can be absorbed easily and subconsciously.
Download or read book Brain Rules Updated and Expanded written by John Medina and published by Pear Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have different brains? In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule—what scientists know for sure about how our brains work—and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Medina’s fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science. You’ll learn why Michael Jordan was no good at baseball. You’ll peer over a surgeon’s shoulder as he proves that most of us have a Jennifer Aniston neuron. You’ll meet a boy who has an amazing memory for music but can’t tie his own shoes. You will discover how: Every brain is wired differently Exercise improves cognition We are designed to never stop learning and exploring Memories are volatile Sleep is powerfully linked with the ability to learn Vision trumps all of the other senses Stress changes the way we learn In the end, you’ll understand how your brain really works—and how to get the most out of it.
Download or read book Brain Wash written by David Perlmutter and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fight back against a modern culture that is rewiring our brains and damaging our health with this practical, doctor-approved plan for healing that includes a ten-day boot camp and forty delicious recipes. Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with endless temptations. We can eat whatever we want, whenever we want. We can immerse ourselves in the vast, enticing world of digital media. We can buy goods and services for rapid delivery with our fingertips or voice commands. But living in this 24/7 hyper-reality poses serious risks to our physical and mental states, our connections to others, and even to the world at large. Brain Wash builds from a simple premise: Our brains are being gravely manipulated, resulting in behaviors that leave us more lonely, anxious, depressed, distrustful, illness-prone, and overweight than ever before. Based on the latest science, the book identifies the mental hijacking that undermines each and every one of us, and presents the tools necessary to think more clearly, make better decisions, strengthen bonds with others, and develop healthier habits. Featuring a 10-day bootcamp program, including a meal plan and 40 delicious original recipes, Brain Wash is the key to cultivating a more purposeful and fulfilling life.
Download or read book The Brain s Way of Healing written by Norman Doidge and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times–bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition. Winner of the 2015 Gold Nautilus Book Award in Science & Cosmology In his groundbreaking work The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge introduced readers to neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to change its own structure and function in response to activity and mental experience. Now his revolutionary new book shows how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. The Brain’s Way of Healing describes natural, noninvasive avenues into the brain provided by the energy around us—in light, sound, vibration, and movement—that can awaken the brain’s own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects. Doidge explores cases where patients alleviated chronic pain; recovered from debilitating strokes, brain injuries, and learning disorders; overcame attention deficit and learning disorders; and found relief from symptoms of autism, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy. And we learn how to vastly reduce the risk of dementia, with simple approaches anyone can use. For centuries it was believed that the brain’s complexity prevented recovery from damage or disease. The Brain’s Way of Healing shows that this very sophistication is the source of a unique kind of healing. As he did so lucidly in The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge uses stories to present cutting-edge science with practical real-world applications, and principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain’s performance and health.
Download or read book Train Your Mind Change Your Brain written by Sharon Begley and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-11-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity—the ability of the brain to change in response to experience—reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure and function, and even of generating new neurons, a power we retain well into old age. The brain can adapt, heal, renew itself after trauma, compensate for disabilities, rewire itself to overcome dyslexia, and break cycles of depression and OCD. And as scientists are learning from studies performed on Buddhist monks, it is not only the outside world that can change the brain, so can the mind and, in particular, focused attention through the classic Buddhist practice of mindfulness. With her gift for making science accessible, meaningful, and compelling, science writer Sharon Begley illuminates a profound shift in our understanding of how the brain and the mind interact and takes us to the leading edge of a revolution in what it means to be human. Praise for Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain “There are two great things about this book. One is that it shows us how nothing about our brains is set in stone. The other is that it is written by Sharon Begley, one of the best science writers around. Begley is superb at framing the latest facts within the larger context of the field. This is a terrific book.”—Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers “Excellent . . . elegant and lucid prose . . . an open mind here will be rewarded.”—Discover “A strong dose of hope along with a strong does of science and Buddhist thought.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune
Download or read book Teen Brain written by David Gillespie and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With their labile and rapidly developing brains, adolescents are particularly susceptible to addiction, and addiction leads to anxiety and depression. What few parents will know is that what we think of as the most typical addictions and problematic teen behaviours - smoking, drinking, drug taking, sex leading to teenage pregnancy - are on the decline. The bad news is that a whole raft of addictions has taken their place. Whereas once the dopamine-hungry brain of a teenager got its fix from smoking a joint or sculling a Bundy and coke, it is now turning to electronic devices for the pleasure jolt that typically comes from online playing games and engaging with social media. What is doubly troubling is that, unlike drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, electronic devices are not illicit. Quite the contrary. They are liberally distributed by schools and parents, with few restrictions placed on their use. And, to add fuel to the fire, emerging research shows that if addictive pathways are activated during the teen years, they are there for life, and that what starts as a screen addiction can lead to major substance abuse later in life.
Download or read book Peak Mind written by Amishi P. Jha and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***NATIONAL BESTSELLER*** STOP FOR A MOMENT. Are you here right now? Is your focus on this page? Or is it roaming elsewhere, to the past or future, to a worry, to your to-do list, or to your phone? Whether you’re simply browsing, talking to friends, or trying to stay focused in an important meeting, you can’t seem to manage to hang on to your attention. No matter how hard you try, you’re somewhere else. The consequence is that you miss out on 50 percent of your life—including the most important moments. The good news: There’s nothing wrong with you—your brain isn’t broken. The human brain was built to be distractible. The even better news: You can train your brain to pay attention more effectively. Stay with me a little longer and soon you will be able to: Focus without all the struggle. Take back your attention from the pull of distraction. And function at your peak, for all that truly matters in your life.
Download or read book Dopamine Detox written by Blake Rabizadeh and published by Blake Rabizadeh. This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thе сurrеnt еxtеndеd wоrk frоm hоmе ѕсеnаrіо hаѕ lеft thе соrроrаtе wоrld wіth ѕоmе mіxеd fееlіngѕ. Thе vіrtuаl rоutіnеѕ are сrеаtіng rоаdblосkѕ tо a mоrе рrоduсtіvе mеntаl health аnd thuѕ оvеrаll рrоduсtіvіtу. Thе еаѕу ассеѕѕ tо ѕосіаl mеdіа аnd literally vіrtuаl ѕосіаl еxіѕtеnсе іѕ соnѕtаntlу keeping thе mіnd еngаgеd, rоbbіng іt аwау frоm thе "flоw ѕtаtе", thuѕ kееріng оnе аwау frоm being еnеrgіzеd аnd hуреr-fосuѕеd. This оftеn rеѕultѕ іn dіѕtrасtіоn frоm gоаlѕ аnd bоrеdоm оr lоѕѕ оf еnthuѕіаѕm іn wоrk rоutіnеѕ. Thіѕ е-bооk рrоvіdеѕ аn іnѕіghtful undеrѕtаndіng оf hоw mеntаl hеаlth іѕ a рlау of hоrmоnеѕ ѕuсh аѕ dораmіnе, аnd саn bе rеѕеt tо mоrе соnѕtruсtіvе rоutіnеѕ thrоugh a hіghlу tаlkеd аbоut ѕіlісоn vаllеу term, "thе dораmіnе dеtоx". The hасkѕ аnd соnсерtѕ ѕhаrеd іn thіѕ bооk wіll hеlр реорlе еxреrіеnсе hеаlthу wоrk rоutіnеѕ and еnаblе thеm tо rеgаіn wоrk enthusiasm аnd сrеаtіvіtу.
Download or read book Reset Your Inner Clock written by Michael Terman and published by Avery. This book was released on 2013 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reset Your Inner Clock reveals a powerful program that recalibrates our internal clocks that can be decimated by the modern demands of a 24/7 lifestyle"--
Download or read book Eat Smarter written by Shawn Stevenson and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lose weight, boost your metabolism, and start living a happier life with this transformative 30-day plan for healthy eating from the host of the hit podcast The Model Health Show. Food is complicated. It's a key controller of our state of health or disease. It's a social centerpiece for the most important moments of our lives. It's the building block that creates our brain, enabling us to have thought, feeling, and emotion. It's the very stuff that makes up our bodies and what we see looking back at us in the mirror. Food isn't just food. It's the thing that makes us who we are. So why does figuring out what to eat feel so overwhelming? In Eat Smarter, nutritionist, bestselling author, and #1-ranked podcast host Shawn Stevenson breaks down the science of food with a 30-day program to help you lose weight, reboot your metabolism and hormones, and improve your brain function. Most importantly, he explains how changing what you eat can transform your life by affecting your ability to make money, sleep better, maintain relationships, and be happier. Eat Smarter will empower you and make you feel inspired about your food choices, not just because of the impact they have on your weight, but because the right foods can help make you the best version of yourself.
Download or read book How God Changes Your Brain written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is great—for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors’ analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries: • Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process. • Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love. • Fundamentalism, in and of itself, can be personally beneficial, but the prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain. • Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain, altering your values and the way you perceive reality. Both a revelatory work of modern science and a practical guide for readers to enhance their physical and emotional health, How God Changes Your Brain is a first-of-a-kind book about faith that is as credible as it is inspiring.
Download or read book Reset your brain Hack your mind written by Nico Quindt and published by Nico Quindt. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within you lie all the tools to shape the person you want to become. You've witnessed this a thousand times, how when you change, reality changes. You can't change anyone but yourself, and the only person from whom you can expect anything is yourself. Nobody will behave as you expect them to. Nobody shares your priorities, values, and principles. Nobody dreams your dreams. You are, or should be, the creator of your own consciousness, the shaper of your essence, the developer of your own ideas. With each thought, you assemble, adding a new piece to the puzzle of your mind. Your brain is a vast repository of cells where you store everything that constitutes your essence: memories, imagination, thoughts, plans. You arrange them according to your priorities; each cell is specifically placed where you chose, where you put it for whatever reason. Your mind is your responsibility. Your mind processes around sixty thousand thoughts per day, and 90% of those thoughts are the same as the ones processed yesterday and the day before. If you process the same thoughts, you'll make the same decisions, have the same attitudes, which will create the same experiences, and those experiences will reflect the same emotions in your mind, releasing the same neurotransmitters flooding your body, reinforcing those thoughts and embedding them in your nervous system. Now, you're experiencing these thoughts because you can feel them. Those emotions have been confirmed by your mind; they intensify and stress you out. From that stress, new neural circuits will be formed; your biology has been altered, and now this event has been registered by your body. It's not just a fleeting thought, but something you've felt and felt again; your mind has confirmed it as true, your body has suffered from it. You became stressed because of it and went on high alert, and in an instant, you're in survival mode, using up reserves of energy meant for other bodily functions. Blood is flowing to your extremities due to your most primitive "fight or flight" response being activated, putting other functions on hold. Blood is not flowing to the right organs for them to function correctly, causing them to start failing gradually. As you maintain these stress levels, your organs will deteriorate. At this moment, there's discomfort; your body is not well. You don't feel good, your motivation is not optimal. Your attitude has changed. You are not the same and don't feel the same as you did just moments ago. Do you see now why you need a mind hack? If you continue thinking the same way, you'll make the same decisions and get the same outcomes. That's why you need a brain reset. You need a method, a way of thinking differently, changing those thoughts, hacking your mind, rewiring your internal circuits, and restructuring your neural channels so your brain works differently. Cells that fire together stay connected, so if several neurons form a neural circuit due to a style of thought, that pattern will be repeated in the same sequence it originated. Therefore, every time we make our brain work differently, we will force it to change its structure, form new patterns. You are, or should be, the creator of your own consciousness, the shaper of your essence, the developer of your own ideas. With each thought, you assemble, adding a new piece to the puzzle of your mind. Your brain is a vast repository of cells where you store everything: memories, imagination, thoughts, plans. You arrange them according to your priorities; each cell is specifically placed where you chose, where you put it for whatever reason. Your mind is your responsibility.
Download or read book The Body Keeps the Score written by Bessel A. Van der Kolk and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.
