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You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life Audiobook
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A leading neuroplasticity researcher and the coauthor of the groundbreaking books Brain Lock and The Mind and the Brain, Jeffrey M. Schwartz has spent his career studying the structure and neuronal firing patterns of the human brain. He pioneered the first mindfulness-based treatment program for people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, teaching patients how to achieve long-term relief from ther compulsions.
For the past six years, Schwartz has worked with psychiatrist Rebecca Gladding to refine a program that successfully explains how the brain works and why we often feel besieged by bad brain wiring. Just like the compulsions of OCD patients, they discovered that bad habits, social anxieties, self-deprecating thoughts, and compulsive overindulgence are all rooted in overactive brain circuits. The key to making life changes that you want—to making your brain work for you—is to consciously choose to starve these circuits of focused attention, thereby decreasing their influence and strength.
In You Are Not Your Brain, Schwartz and Gladding carefully outline their program, showing listeners how to identify negative brain impulses, channel them through the power of focused attention, and ultimately lead more fulfilling and empowered lives.
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"I would find it difficult to follow the 4 steps suggested in this book without years of therapy. However, I do like the "labels" placed on areas of the brain and mental habits reviewed in this book. I would rate it on the higher end of self-help books."
— Barbara (4 out of 5 stars)
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“A testament to mind over brain…It’s the truth of the matter that sheer willpower can truly make you break free.”
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“Operating on the highly rational perspective that we are not our brains, but rather, substantial free agents who exercise control over our brains, Schwartz and Gladding develop a simple, yet profoundly insightful approach for developing a flourishing life. The result is truly life-giving, and it will bring healing and hope to all who read it and practice its wisdom.”
— J. P. Moreland, author of The God Question -
“How can the brain, which is just a complex network of interconnected nerve cells, give rise to consciousness and to thought? Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz and Dr. Rebecca Gladding argue, persuasively, that the mind actually has massive causal effects on the functioning of the brain. In other words, you can not only change the way you think, feel and behave through conscious effort when you’re upset, but you can also change the programming and chemistry of your brain. A compelling and important message.”
— David Burns, MD, author of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy -
“The idea that we can deliberately and systematically change our brains with our minds was once thought ridiculous. But now, largely due to Jeffrey Schwartz and his UCLA research on neuroplasticity and OCD, this once revolutionary idea is well accepted. Rebecca Gladding and Jeffrey Schwartz adapt Schwartz’s extraordinarily successful program for a mainstream audience giving simple, self-directed tools to help achieve greater happiness, emotional balance, and overall well-being.”
— Susan Kaiser Greenland, author of The Mindful Child
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Shane, 3/20/2020
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" Explains why we make bad choices, why we ruminate and obsess about erroneous thoughts about ourselves and how to use a 4-Step Process to stop the "looping" and short-circuit the fallacious thoughts. "
— Dianne, 11/15/2013 -
" Best book I've ever read for dealing with the annoying ruminations that accompany the mid-life crisis. "
— Ted, 8/10/2013 -
" If you are doing inner work, this book is a must read. Seeing the prison is paramount if you hope to escape. "
— Aggie, 6/13/2013 -
" Not a book for people wanting to learn about the brain, but for people who struggle with OCD, anxiety, and depression, you will find this book a powerful tool. "
— Jesse, 2/28/2013 -
" This is a pretty good book that has a lot if good ideas. Sometimes you know something and you just need to be reminded. If you are dealing with depression or anxiety this is a great book. "
— Chris, 1/8/2013 -
" This is a book that needed a better editor, it became absurdly repetitive. It was hard to finish. "
— John, 10/28/2012 -
" I read a synopsis of this book in a magazine, which was really interesting. However, it turned out to be a self-help book which turned me off by immediately introducing an internal "wise advocate". I'm marking this "read" so I don't try to pick it up again. "
— Kelly, 7/18/2012 -
" The brain science behind making effective behavioral changes. OK enough read...but the challenge comes from integrating the book contents on one's own. Probably a better read for professional coaching community than lay reader. "
— Gwen, 11/26/2011 -
" Although quite wordy and repetitive, there does seem to be a good framework at the core of this system for "changing bad habits, ending unhealthy thinking, and taking control of your life." I'll have to see how do-able the steps are in my own life. I certainly would like to see improvement! "
— Bailey, 8/14/2011 -
" It is more of a self help book but has some interesting point of views. "
— Dave, 7/13/2011
About the Authors
Jeffrey M. Schwartz, MD, is an internationally recognized authority on obsessive-compulsive disorder and is the author of the bestseller Brain Lock. He is a research professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Rebecca Gladding, is a clinical instructor and attending psychiatrist at the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and the the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She graduated from the UCSF School of Medicine and completed her psychiatric residency at UCLA. Dr. Gladding has received several teaching awards and was featured in the A&E Television Network’s critically acclaimed series Obsessed. She lives in Los Angeles.
About Mel Foster
Tanya Eby is a novelist and an audiobook narrator who has earned several AudioFile Earphones Awards and been nominated for the Audie Award. She has a BA degree in English language and literature and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine.