Social Media Brain

You've tried productivity hacks, dopamine detoxes, and self-control, but they all miss the real issue. The more you fight distraction, the more exhausted and overwhelmed you feel. Traditional advice is built for a different brain. Most digital detox methods focus on restriction when the real key is restoring your brain's natural ability to feel joy without quitting technology or forcing extreme lifestyle changes. Using cutting-edge neuroplasticity techniques, this guide rewires your dopamine system so you naturally shift from mindless distraction to deep engagement, without upending your life.

Narrated by the author himself, in this provocative follow up to his New York Times bestselling The Echo Machine, David Pakman offers a dire warning on the cultural and technological forces that are already melting our brains and transforming the pursuit of truth into an almost impossible, even...

Celebrated educators and authors Anna-Lisa Mackey and Melissa Ragan deliver an insightful, rigorous, and accessible treatment of social emotional learning in education. Using research from the Theory of Constructed Emotion, the authors highlight the relationship between the new view of neurobiology and Social Emotional Learning. Perfect for K-12 educators, principals, superintendents, and other education leaders, The Social Emotional Classroom will also earn a place in the libraries of parents and caregivers who are responsible for young people's day-to-day learning. 

In The Dopamine Reset—21 Day Detox, Leo Black offers a transformative plan to help you break free from the addictive behaviors that keep you distracted, overwhelmed, and unfulfilled. Whether you're constantly glued to your phone, chasing instant gratification, or struggling with other unhealthy habits, this book provides the tools you need to reset your brain’s reward system and rebuild mental clarity.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From linguist Adam Aleksic, known as @etymologynerd on social media, comes a captivating exploration of how internet algorithms are transforming language and communication in unprecedented ways. “Packed with fascinating facts, of-the-moment observations, and a...

From brain doctor and Chief Wellness Officer Dr. Romie, an eye-opening revolution to treat anxiety, ADHD, and burnout crisis - known as a Busy Brain. Are you wearing stress as a badge of honor or resigned to feeling stuck in the hustle culture? The reality is that chronic stress kills. Just ask...

Ten Arguments for Quitting Social Media Before 2026 Ends How AI Feeds Are Rewiring Your Brain—And the 10 Digital Detox Escapes That Still Work You've felt it. The phantom buzz in your pocket. The 2 AM scroll you swore you wouldn't do. The low-grade anxiety that follows every refresh, every like, every comment. In 2026, the algorithms are smarter than ever. AI feeds don't just react to your emotions—they predict them. They know when you are lonely, angry, or bored before you do. And they use that knowledge to keep you scrolling, clicking, and buying. You are not the customer. You are the...

Neurologist and neuroscientist Dr Paul Goldsmith reveals compassionate, practical insights on the evolutionary origins of our brain and how we can best use it to thrive in our daily lives. 'A fascinating exploration of how our ancient brains are mismatched for our modern ecosystem, and what we...

The average person touches their phone over 2,600 times a day and doesn’t remember doing most of it. What are you really reaching for? Comfort? Escape? A way to avoid silence? Perhaps you’ve set the limits. Deleted the apps. Even tried giving your phone a break. But each time life slows down, your hand moves on its own. The constant checking, the foggy thinking, the hours lost in a blur, it’s not just a habit. It’s a loop. And trying harder isn’t helping. That’s because most advice teaches you to resist the urge. This program does something different: it removes it entirely.

A revolutionary approach to enhancing your happiness! Habits of a Happy Brain teaches you the neuroscience behind releasing dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin to boost your mood. This fully updated edition has the latest discussions on dopamine and an all-new chapter on effectively...

If Social Media Feels Like a Minefield, Navigate it Safely Without Losing Your Teen. Do you lie awake at night, worrying about how social media is affecting your child's self-esteem and mental health? Does your teen's constant scrolling leave you feeling helpless and disconnected? What if you had a roadmap to guide your child through the complexities of the digital age? In many ways, social media is an incredibly beneficial platform for young people. But there are disadvantages and dangers to social media, too, and these can have a significant impact on a young person's mental health. Here ...

In this book, I share with you the research that looks at the emotional, psychological, and physical impact a social media addiction has as well as how to take a step back from being connected. Remember, we have one life to live, and if we continue to live through our smart devices, it does not matter how many photos, videos, or tags we get because we won’t have lived it.

In a world where every idle moment is an invitation to refresh the feed, our attention has become the most valuable commodity on Earth. The Age of Doomscroll unpacks how the attention economy quietly rewired our brains, turning boredom into a glitch, outrage into a business model, and our most intimate thoughts into data points to be mined. This isn’t just about “too much screen time”—it’s about how entire platforms are engineered to keep you hooked, anxious, and endlessly scrolling. Blending pop sociology, cultural criticism, and internet-native humor, this book traces how ...

You are not broken.You sit down to work and twenty minutes later you are scrolling through an app you did not consciously decide to open. You pick up your phone ninety-six times a day — once every ten minutes of your waking life — and most of those times you cannot explain why. You feel wired and exhausted at the same time. You cannot read the way you used to. You cannot focus the way you used to. You cannot be alone with your thoughts for three minutes without reaching for something.This is not a character flaw. This is the Dopamine Collapse.In less than two decades, the most ...

Escape the chronic stress of digital addiction and rewire your brain for deep focus with a proven, science-based reset. If you are constantly overwhelmed by notifications and battling scattered attention during your workday, this compassionate guide offers a guilt-free escape route. Transform...

A modern-day Alice in Wonderland meets the undead… BOOK FOUR in Gena Showalter’s New York Times bestselling series, The White Rabbit Chronicles Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing...

STOP SCROLLING. START LIVING. RECLAIM YOUR MIND FROM THE MACHINE. We live in the most paradoxical era in human history. We possess technology that can connect the entire globe in a split second, yet we feel the most isolated and lonely. We reach for our smartphones to check the time, only to lose hours to the endless scroll of social media, waking up to find our anxiety spiked and our focus shattered. You are not weak. You are not broken. You are the victim of a biological hijack. For years, Big Tech has weaponized the ancient "Algorithm of Kilesa" (Greed, Hatred, and Delusion) to keep you ...

Psychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything from education and intelligence, to relationships and emotions, advertising and criminality. People readily behave as amateur psychologists, offering explanations for what people think, feel, and do. But...

You are capable of so much more than you imagine! With a stronger brain-body connection, you could perform closer to your potential in school, sports, work, or the tasks of daily life. Improving the neurophysiology of that connection is the key to consistent achievement.

From the author of prescient best seller and classic Reclaiming Conversation, Sherry Turkle, comes an urgent warning about how our ever-increasing reliance on human-like AI chatbots is eroding our capacity for empathy, caring, and the very qualities that make us human. If social media came for...