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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.