Change Your Brain Change Your Life Dr Daniel Amen
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Dr. Daniel G. Amen
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen
“Do you panic at the thought of walking into a room full of people you don’t know? Do you feel as if a cloud of gloom is always hovering over your head? Do you have the same negative thoughts over and over? Are you so easily distracted that you often can’t finish a project? Do you fly off the handle at your spouse for no good reason? Do you have trouble connecting meaningfully with other people? If you’ve been struggling to overcome a problem like these without success–perhaps you’ve even tried therapy but given up–it probably isn’t for lack of trying, thinking, or motivation; you just didn’t have the right answers or the right tools. Now you do.
In his pioneering new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Dr. Amen explains how you can “optimize” your brain to achieve your fullest potential. Using state-of-the-art brain imaging technology, Dr. Amen has spent the last decade helping thousands of patients understand how the way their brains are wired can affect their thoughts and emotions. He explains which brain systems are associated with particular problems, gives detailed checklists to help you pinpoint your problems, and offers specific yet simple “brain prescriptions” (cognitive exercises, nutrition, medication, and more) to help actually enhance brain function and heal each problem.
Many of the difficulties associated with anxiety, depression, excessive worrying, anger, and distraction are related to five specific systems in the brain. Dr. Amen explains how these systems work and how malfunctions can affect your behavior. If you’ve always believed that you were just going to have to live with the way you are, you’ll be amazed by the vivid before-and-after brain scans of some of the thousands of patients that have been successfully treated at the Amen Clinic–visual proof that the right treatment can help you. You certainly don’t need a brain scan to understand the basis of your particular problem or implement the correct solution, but these striking images will inspire you to make meaningful and effective changes. Seeing is believing!
Brain Prescriptions That Really Work
In this breakthrough book, you’ll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. But you’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with. Here are just a few of neuro-psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen’s surprising–and effective–”brain prescriptions” that can help heal your brain and change your life:
To quell anxiety and panic:
Follow the 18/40/60 rule Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil Learn which foods calm anxiety
To fight depression:
Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) Build a library of wonderful emotional experiences Surround yourself with antidepressant fragrances
To curb anger:
Follow the Amen anti-anger diet Learn the nutrients that can calm rage Let Mozart calm you
To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus:
Develop total focus with the “One-Page Miracle” Use lights and sounds to stay focused Get coaching from a professional organizer
To Stop obsessive worrying:
Learn the nutrients and foods that help Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise Do simple problem-solving exercises
About the Author
Daniel G. Amen, M.D., is a clinical neuroscientist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, and medical director of the Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine in Fairfield, California. The recipient of awards from the American Psychiatric Association, the Baltimore-D.C. Institute for Psychoanalysis, and the U.S. Army, Dr. Amen is a nationally recognized expert on the relationship between the brain and behavior and on attention deficit disorder, and is the author of several books, including Windows into the ADD Mind and Firestorms in the Brain.”
Making a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance by Daniel G. MD Amen
Daniel Amen, M.D., one of the world’s foremost authorities on the brain, has news for you: your brain is involved in everything you do—learn to care for it properly, and you will be smarter, healthier, and happier in as little as 15 days!
You probably run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep your body in great shape; you put on sunscreen and lotions to protect your skin; but chances are you simply ignore your brain and trust it to do its job. People unknowingly endanger or injure their brains, stress them by working at a frenzied pace and not getting enough sleep, pollute them with caffeine, alcohol, and drugs, and deprive them of proper nutrients. Brain dysfunction is the number one reason people fail at school, work, and relationships. The brain is the organ of learning, working, and loving—the supercomputer that runs our lives. It’s very simple: when our brains work right, we work right—and when our brains have trouble, we have trouble in our lives.
Luckily, it’s never too late: the brain is capable of change, and when you care for it, the results are amazing. Making a Good Brain Great gives you the tools you need to optimize your brain power and enrich your health and your life in the process. The principles and exercises in this book, based on years of cutting-edge neuroscience research and the experiences of thousands of people, provide a wealth of practical information to teach you how to achieve the best brain possible. You will learn:
how to eat right to think right
how to protect your brain from injuries and toxic substances
how to nourish your brain with vitamins and do mental workouts to keep it strong
the critical component of physical exercise, and which kinds work best
how to rid your brain of negative thoughts, counteract stress, and much more
Full of encouraging anecdotes from Dr. Amen’s many years of experience, Making a Good Brain Great is a positive and practical road map for enriching and improving your own greatest asset—your brain.”
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