Think you already own your brain? Think again. Your brain owns you. It pushes you around and insists upon getting its way, not yours. Rather than having your best interests in mind, your brain has its own very specific agendas and strategies the purpose of which is singular—to make it feel good. It doesn't care that its goals are often at stark variance with your intentions or what you know is healthy and constructive in your life. Your brain is selfish, demanding, and devious.But ...

A revolutionary and empowering paradigm in treating addiction based on groundbreaking new science.For decades addiction has been viewed and treated as a social and behavioral illness, afflicting people of "weak" character and "bad" moral fiber. However, recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors, for the first time, to correctly diagnose the disease and prove that addiction is an inherited, neuro-chemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by ge...

Based on today’s breakthrough science into neurotransmitters, Override reveals a clear path to overcoming bad habits that sabotage our success in career, love, and healthy living.Why, when we all want to live healthy and vital lives, do we so often botch it up? Why do we make decisions that negatively impact our work, relationships, and lifestyles? Why do our brains always seem to get in the way of our goals? The answer lies in our brain chemistry....

Performance Driven Journal empowers readers of Performance Driven Thinking to take the concepts and strategies they read and begin implementing them immediately.Performance Driven Journal is an accompanying “accelerator” program to take readers one step deeper into the lifestyle change, as well as the sales funnel for high-ticket programs like the Performance Driven Academy or Mastermind. Many times, when readers experience an “a-ha” mome...

Performance-Driven Giving is an empowering journey that will inspire you to give and live like no one else.Our culture teaches us that the key to happiness is being a consumer. But the truth is that the deepest and most lasting joy comes by giving. You will learn why giving is so important to your performance and discover a framework for building a giving habit into your life.Giving is a key factor in your performance in every area of your life. Th...

Smoke Free in 30 Days provides the best approaches for effectively breaking the smoking habit and to help anyone to remain smoke free for life. Dr Daniel Seidman has worked with thousands of addicted smokers for over twenty years. He understands that people smoke -- and try to quit -- for different reasons and what works for one smoker might not work for another. He knows what can stop a smoker from successfully quitting, and he has a clear step-by step 30-day plan that will help anyone to...

The Anxiety Handbook The 7-Step Plan to Understand, Manage and Overcome Anxiety Anxiety is one of the number one mental health conditions affecting American adults, and one that many people suffer through alone. Anxiety, stress, and overwhelming negative emotions can get in the way of a fulfilling and rewarding life. But this shouldn't have to be the case. The Anxiety Handbook is your guide to confronting and working through your anxiety, and experiencing calm you never thought possible. W...

This is an exceptual book with sections that honestly discuss the effects that pain has on relationships, dealing with the medical community, the realities of access to adequate care, understanding the medications and how they are safely used, the medical nature of pain, suffering, sleep problems, and so on. Patients and families benefit from it's real life origins as they become more realistic and better equipped to deal with the pain.

Winner of the IPPY Award gold medal for Most Progressive Health BookOn December 2, 2004, Gwen Olsens niece Megan committed suicide by setting herself on fireand ended her tortured life as a victim of the adverse effects of prescription drugs. Olsens poignant autobiographical journey through the darkness of mental illness and the catastrophic consequences that lurk in medicine cabinets around the country offers an honest glimpse into alarming statistics and a health...

Addiction destroys lives. In The Addicted Brain, leading neuroscientist Michael Kuhar, Ph.D., explains how and why this happens–and presents advances in drug addiction treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Kuhar shows the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, revealing why it can be so difficult for addicts to escape their grip.Discover why some people are far more susceptible to addiction than others as the author...

In Overcoming Crystal Methamphetamine Addiction, one of the few books to address the topic for a general audience, Dr. Steven Lee, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in crystal meth addiction, offers a complete guide to the drug, its effects, and how to overcome it. Based on extensive scientific and social research and drawing from his professional experience, he covers everything from the definition and history of crystal meth to the physical and psychological effects; from deali...

The fourth edition of the essential, accessible source for understanding how drugs work and their effects on body and behavior.A bestseller in its three previous editions, Buzzed is now revised and updated with the most recent discoveries about drugs. It includes new information about biological and behavioral changes in addiction, the prescription-drug abuse epidemic, distinctive drug effects on the adolescent brain, and trends from synthetic cannabinoids...