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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Great cd
Comments: This is a CD that eone should own. A lot of great infomation that will make you think. I saw the author on our local PBS station and was impressed. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: a2star review of a4star book
Comments: I usually put forth a pretty decent effort when I bother to write a review, however I am just going to be honest and warn you ahead of time that this is will be a marginal critique.
To begin with, while I have actually read the book through twice, complete with underlining and marking important items, I have forgotten nearly ething I read. That may speak as much to the book as to me- it may have been better as a little less of an ambitious work, especially if the reader is meant to follow through with any of it.
As self-help books go it is interesting, and seems to have some pretty great (if not revolutionary) ideas. Get rid of automatic negative thoughts, that sort of thing. almost all of the ideas are easier said than done, and it's probably the rare person who is going to undo20, thirty, or forty years of habituation (not to mention hundreds of generations of genetics) and make a new way of living life. I tend to fall into default patterns, as do almost all people, and unless the reverse course has some kind of fairly immediate benefit/reward for behavior modification the behavior isn't going to modify much. Again, this seems to me the book's weakness, however if you are smart enough to pull out the handful of things that really seem to apply to you and ignore the rest, you can probably derive some benefit. I wasn't that smart, and it's only after wading through it2times that I realized that was the wise way to use the book. I will probably get back to it1of these days and see what jumps out at me, however it is an intimidating thought.
Like almost all self-help books, it is at best as great as the reader, and the average reader who is desperate enough to dive into a tome like this probably has more than1issue, and those issues have probably found a pretty great home and do not want to be messed with. It's a bit of a catch-22 in that if you can practice this stuff you probably do not need it, and if you need it you probably are going to find it hard to practice. Again, my advice is to pick out2or3key chapters and concentrate and them and do not try ething at once. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Interesting
Comments: It's a prescription drug culture. Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel G. Amen tries to help people through meditation not medication. Other remedies he suggests are self-hypnosis and biofeedback, herbal remedies and dietary supplements among others. The book will give the reader many insights into the depths of the human brain. do not be afraid trust in God where there life there is hope.
By the way, I see from reading the reviews on this site some people have endorse my book, "The Enlightenment, What God Told Me After1Million Prayers: A Message for Eone," and again I just want them to know how much I appreciate their endorseation, especially at such a excellent site. I wrote this book out of love and for the glory of God and Jesus, not for my own fame or fortune. I welcome people to read my book, I am sure you will find this non-fiction account of a loving God just as and inspiring.
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Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Worth the quick read
Comments: I know something is going on in my brain due to migraines and other symptons. It is a great book to begin asking questions however not really to treat yourself- whereas after the PBS program I had some ideas to experiment with. I recognized a family member in1of the cases, so it filled me with compassion as well. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: one purpose: to trick people in
Comments: the purpose of this book is to trick gullible desperate uninformed people into visiting1of the amen clinics where they will get ripped off shamelessly. the book offers no practical solutions to "changing one's brain". the author talks about scanning people's brains in his expensive clinic and indirectly claims that visiting other psychiatrists is not quite as effective because they do not actually look at your brain, like Amen does, therefore, they can not treat properly.
He doesn't disclose, however, how many displeased patients he had, how often his scans had proven to be ineffective, and how much his treatment actually costs on average.
If you have no formal medical education and are desperate for an effective treatment (which is 99% of the readers), this book will brainwash you with its false science and you might even find yourself on your way to Amen clinic.
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