Change Your Brain Every Day

Amen (You, Happier), a renowned psychiatrist and clinical neuroscientist, distills more than 40 years of knowledge and experience into this engaging, approachable daily reader. The book presents manageable daily practices to improve brain function and develop positive lifestyle habits. The author incorporates physical, mental, and emotional strategies based on the thousands of patients he has worked with and the brain scans he has studied throughout his career. Practices range from limiting caffeine and assessing health habits to scheduling a doctor’s appointment or completing a mindfulness or memory exercise. Each entry includes a reflective prompt or action related to the day’s topic. The practices are organized effectively so that they build on each other over the course of one year. The variety of techniques included will likely appeal to a broad readership. Readers interested in exploring more approaches to improve brain health may also enjoy Marc Milstein’s The Age-Proof Brain: New Strategies to Improve Memory, Protect Immunity, and Fight Off Dementia.VERDICT A practical, empowering toolkit for enhancing brain health, this book will benefit anyone interested in strategies for deepening engagement with their health and those looking for a structured way to begin. — Library Journal
From the Back Cover
You are not stuck with the brain you have. You can make it better, even if you have been bad to it, and I can prove it. You can literally change your brain, and when you do, you change your life.

Over the last 30 years, I’ve ended most of my lectures with the above words. It’s the mission that drives my work. Your brain controls everything you do and everything you are. Each day it is changing. Either it is getting better and growing younger, or it is getting worse and growing older due to your daily diet, supplements, thoughts, decisions, and habits. This daily reader is designed to help you be the master of your brain’s destiny and boost your memory, mood, focus, and overall sense of happiness and peace. Learning to love and care for your brain will also decrease your stress, improve your relationships, increase your chances of success in every area of life, help you stave off dementia, and prevent you from becoming a burden to those you love.

―From the Introduction of Change Your Brain Every Day