A Mind of Your Own

The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives

By: Kelly Brogan M.D., Kristin Loberg

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Depression is not a disease. It is a symptom.

Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with one in four women starting her day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea for everything from grief, irritability, and panic attacks to insomnia, PMS, and stress. But the truth is, what women really need can't be found at a pharmacy.

According to Dr. Kelly Brogan, antidepressants not only overpromise and underdeliver, but their use may permanently disable the body's self-healing potential. We need a new paradigm: The best way to heal the mind is to heal the whole body.

In this groundbreaking science-based and holistic approach, Dr. Brogan shatters the mythology conventional medicine has built around the causes and treatment of depression. Based on her expert interpretation of published medical findings combined with years of experience from her clinical practice, Dr. Brogan illuminates the true cause of depression: It is not simply a chemical imbalance but a lifestyle crisis that demands a reset. It is a signal that the interconnected systems in the body are out of balance - from blood sugar to gut health to thyroid function - and inflammation is at the root.

A Mind of Your Own offers an achievable, step-by-step 30-day action plan - including powerful dietary interventions, targeted nutrient support, detoxification, sleep, and stress reframing techniques - women can use to heal their bodies, alleviate inflammation, and feel like themselves again without a single prescription.

Bold, brave, and revolutionary, A Mind of Your Own takes listeners on a journey of self-empowerment for radical transformation that goes far beyond symptom relief.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 Kelly Brogan (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

The narrator is awful

The narrator sounds haughty, know-it-all, and sarcastic. It was difficult to get through this book because of the narrator. However, the information provided is very important, so I struggled through it.

Profound!

This is the most life altering, profound, mind blowing book I have ever read. It has completely changed my life and how I will move forward in this life. I do think this is one you are going to listen to, but then want to buy the hard copy. I feel like I want to be able to study it and live by it.
Kelly Brogan is a champion among women for writing this book, with all its science behind it.
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Bravo to the teacher

Excellent insights in the bad medicine and new found health for women and men. I can't wait to start and show off the results.

Refreshing

It’s so nice to hear real science and health principles instead of pharma propaganda. Very interesting. So glad I listened! I need to order the paper version now.

Please Read.

I was so eye opened and inspired by this book that I read it twice and bought if for all my family members, 14 copies in total. We are discussing it now and it is a very important book on health. I can not recommend it enough.

Map to health

Full of information, hit all major points on health, leaving listener with map to health

Mind, Body, and Spirit Health

Loved this book! Dr. Brogan elucidated the importance of the body's health upon the mind and spirit.

Critical and Necessary Read

I found the information presented here to be brave. We need more specialists in the field of health to come forth with their experiences and knowledge of Big Pharma and the food industries incessant corruption that is poisoning us from every direction. We can't simply stand aside any longer and just allow it. Voices must be heard in whatever capacity possible. If you are not comfortable with leading edge information you may find this book to be more in line with conspiracy but if you have intuition and ability to think for your self you will know the truth when it rings. Dr Kelly Brogan courageously presents her experience in the world of mental health and her personal journey with human biology and nutrition as an offering to empower woman to forgo the damaging effects of pharmaceuticals as well as donates a wealth of knowledge to young, old, male, female ground breaking information on diet and lifestyle that is truly all encompassing. Only the brave enter here though. Be prepared to have the rug pulled out from under your beliefs about certain systems that make up our current world.

Excellent material

If this is the first time you have heard the material or it's a reminder, this book is right on the mark. As a functional nutritionist I know when I stray from what works for me and try to justify it saying it's ok, I should be able to handle it, it just doesn't work. I've had "depression" all my life searching for ways to "handle" it from meds to counseling to more permanent solutions and nothing is more powerful than what is suggested in this book.

Good Info, may be a little too simple

Needs more info about managing the depression while implementing this new holistic lifestyle. Worth exploring for those of us who struggle regardless of treatments.