Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

By: Daniel G. Amen M.D.

Narrated by: Daniel G. Amen M.D.

Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this completely revised and updated edition, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective "brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life.

“Perfection in combining leading-edge brain science technology with a proven, user-friendly, definitive, and actionable road map to safeguard and enhance brain health and functionality.”—David Perlmutter, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain

In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Amen, M.D., includes new, cutting-edge research gleaned from more than 100,000 SPECT brain scans over the last quarter century and scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work in your brain. Dr. Amen’s “brain prescriptions” will help you:

• To quell anxiety and panic: Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil
• To fight depression: Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and use supplements targeted to your brain type
• To curb anger: Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage
• To boost memory: Learn the specific steps and habits to decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease that can help you today
• To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus: Develop total focus with the One-Page Miracle
• To stop obsessive worrying: Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises

You’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with.

©2015 Daniel G. Amen (P)2015 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"With a cutting-edge, easy-to-apply plan, Dr. Daniel Amen proves you needn't succumb to depression, anger, and other negative emotions. This must-read book provides the key to heal your brain and transform your life."—JJ Virgin, Celebrity Nutrition & Fitness Expert, Author of the NYT bestsellers: The Virgin Diet & Sugar Impact Diet

"This is the definitive manual for taking care of your brain, so it can take care of you. Prevent one of the most important hidden agers of your body." (Sara Gottfried MD, Harvard-trained physician “This is the definitive manual for taking care of your brain, so it can take care of you. Prevent one of the most important hidden agers of your body.”—Sara Gottfried MD, Harvard Trained Physician and NYT bestselling author of The Hormone Cure

“Change Your Brain, Change Your Life is your manual for fully optimizing your brain. Dr. Amen and I partner with Pastor Rick Warren in creating The Daniel Plan that has helped tens of thousands of people get well by using habits that optimize decision making and brain function. His newly revised book gives readers a powerfully practical exploration into the organ that makes you who you are.”—Mark Hyman, MD, Director of the Cleveland Center for Functional Medicine and the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller

Incredible! Fascinating. Practical.

So happy I came across this book. Dr. Hamon wonderfully describes the human brain and its functioning in a way that is easy understand and offers a ton of tips on how to increase the health of your brain. I highly recommend for anybody that wants to know anything else about the brain or any mental/emotional issues. Extremely insightful.

Eye and Mind - Opening

This book has shed so much light on the inner workings of my brain. I was very rough on my brain as a teenager, and never knew the potential consequences. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand and help themselves or a loved one who struggles with mood swings, memory loss, or happiness. #SelfDiscovery #HealthChallenges #Inspiring #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

Wish I knew this decades ago

Great book & Highly recommend. I’ll listen to it again. The answer to living the life we desire is here… having fulfilling relationships IS possible. Life is meant to be fun and we can create that now. Listen to the end!! Peace.

Learned a lot!

This book explains in great detail the inner workings of the brain. Many insightful examples into all types of behaviors and possible reasons for them. Great tips to put onto practice!

Very powerful insights/information!!! A must-read

I am so glad I bought this. I am learning so many things to help me. It is as if I went to a therapist. I am learning how to removing negative thoughts and ways on how to make my brain function better. A healthy brain means a healthy life. I didn't realize that there is such thing aging brain and that we reverse it. Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase. I am actually going to purchase the book because ti has so much good insights that I need to refer to it several times. I hope it has brain scan images so I can what is a good brain and a unhealthy brain. I am exercising more and I am more motivated to taking of myself and my brain. I would say I am so blessed with this book. Thank you Dr. Amen! I would say Amen to what he says in the book.

Thought provoking, informative. Thank you!

I appreciate the research and work put into this. It has helped me understand my own and the behaviors of others. Thank you to all involved.

Amazing

I have absolutely loved listening to this book. It has made me look at myself and others in a different light. Highly recommended listening!

Thank You!

This is such an excellent book. Changed the way i look at everything. A health brain is a Healthy Everything! AMÉN!

Extraordinary Content

I really think that the field of psychiatry should operate just as Dr. Amen describes in this book. Evidence based diagnosis, especially concerning our brains psychology/physiology should be of paramount importance in our medical field. I have to wonder how many years of my life I would have had more quality if my professionals had approached me with the same care that Dr. Amen speaks about in this book. If his clinics were in Canada than I would certainly be getting a spect scan and having my medications/supplements tailored to my specific needs. Wonderfully thoughtful!

The narrator has a powerful voice that is not under his control, he charges so many random words powerfully like he is trying to drive at least three quarters of them deep into the brain of the listener. It is tolerable but can be distracting at times. I recommend for Dr. Amen to higher a professional reader for future books.

see your brain from a different perspective

this book is incredibly enlightening. I knew things like this about the brain but I didn't really know them. this book is packed full of information about your brain and how it relates to how you act, your emotions, and the way you think. It can be hard to get through because there's just so much. but pushed through it and I think you'll be surprised