Rewire Your Brain 2.0: Five Healthy Factors to a Better Life, 2nd Edition

Length: 304 pages
Edition: 2
Language: English
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publication Date: 2023-04-18
ISBN-10: 1119895944
ISBN-13: 9781119895947
Sales Rank: #400177 (See Top 100 Books)

Combat daily stressors and live your life to its fullest

In the newly revised Rewire Your Brain 2.0: Five Healthy Factors to a Better Life, distinguished psychologist Dr. John B. Arden delivers an essential discussion of how to apply the latest developments in neuroscience, epigenetics, and immunology to help improve your mood, memory, lives, longevity, and relationships. You’ll learn to overcome mild depression and anxiety, procrastination, burnout, compassion fatigue, and a variety of other negative thought patterns.

You’ll also find:

Practical, self-help tips based on well-researched principles that are proven to work in the real world
Ways to minimize the impact of everyday anxiety, stress, and depression and live your life to its fullest
Tactics for improving your memory for day-to-day tasks at work and at home

A practical and hands-on roadmap to applying new advances in neuroscience, psychology, gene expression, and immune system research to everyday problems we all face, Rewire Your Brain 2.0 deserves a place on the bookshelves of professionals, athletes, parents, and anyone else susceptible to the stressors of daily life.

Cover
Advanced Praise for Rewire Your Brain 2.0
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface to the Second Edition
Part 1: Healthy Brain and Body
    1 Your Adaptive Brain
        Nurtured Nature
        Your Brain's Brain
        FEED Your Brain
        Marlee FEEDS Her Brain
        Test Yourself
    2 Energizing Your Brain
        Mitos—Your Energy Generators
        Genomic Plasticity
        The Immune System in Your Brain
        Fat Cells, Chronic Inflammation, and Brain Fog
        Your Mind–Brain–Immune System Communication
    3 Taming False Threats
        Stress and False Alarms
        Neutralizing Anxiety
        Your Autonomic Nervous System
        Avoiding Avoidance
        Changing Your Narrative
    4 Shifting into Action
        Priming Positive Moods
        Full Spectrum Light
        Aerobic Boosting
        Constructing Positive Narratives
        Wiring Positive Thinking
        Social Boosting
        Taking Action
Part 2: The Five SEEDS Factors
    5 The Social Factor
        The Effects of Nurturance and Its Deprivation
        Bonding and Attachment
        Mirror Neurons
    6 The Exercise Factor
        Build Back Stronger
        Brain Building
        Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Relief
        Get Moving
    7 The Education Factor
        Cognitive Reserve
        Memory—The Basis of Learning
        Associations and Mnemonic Tricks
        Eduardo's Tables
    8 The Diet Factor
        Sugar Toxicity
        The Amino Acid Cornucopia
        Minerals and Phytonutrients
        Nancy's Wrong Fat Problem
        Getting the Right Fats
        Fats and Depression
        Hype versus a Balanced Diet
    9 The Sleep Factor
        Your Circadian Rhythm
        Body Temperature—Stay Cool
        Melatonin and Adenosine
        Sleep and Brain Health
        Stages of Your Sleep
        Nighttime Imagery—Dreaming
        Unraveling Sleep Loss
        Sleep Hygiene
Part 3: Your Mind‐Brain
    10 Resiliency to Wisdom
        Attitude and Resiliency
        Shifting Your Emotional Tone
References
    Chapter 1
    Chapter 2
    Chapter 3
    Chapter 4
    Chapter 5
    Chapter 6
    Chapter 7
    Chapter 8
    Chapter 9
    Chapter 10
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Index
End User License Agreement