Preface vii
1 Firing the Right Cells Together 1
2 Taming Your Amygdala 25
3 Shifting Left 45
4 Cultivating Memory 69
5 Fueling Your Brain 89
6 Healthy Habits: Exercise and Sleep 117
7 Social Medicine 141
8 Resiliency and Wisdom 165
9 The Mindful Attitude 187
References 207
Index 231
JOHN B. ARDEN, Ph.D., is the author or coauthor of eleven other books, including Brain-Based Therapy with Adults and Brain-Based Therapy with Children and Adolescents (with Lloyd Linford), Improving Your Memory For Dummies, Conquering Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (with Victoria Beckner), Consciousness, Dreams, and Self: A Transdisciplinary Approach, and The Heal Your Anxiety Workbook. He is Director of Training in Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California where he oversees training in twenty-four medical centers, and where over a hundred postdoctoral residents and interns are trained each year.
"At last, a practical book that not only brings us up to date with
the latest developments in neuroscience but also gives tools and
techniques to help 'rewire the brain' and maximize the brain's
potential. A fascinating and inspirational book. "
-Jane Stephenson, JSA Seminars Dublin, Ireland
"Dr. Arden paved the way for brain-based therapy and what the brain
can do. It's refreshing, practical and innovative."
-Kit S. Ng, PhD, Director, Asia Institute of Professional
Psychology, Singapore
"In Rewire Your Brain Dr. John Arden goes on an exciting
quest for your mind. If you would like to learn more about Mindful
Attitudes and Brain-based therapies, you definitely need to read
this book."
-George Dinchev, Owner of http://psychology-bg.com - the
psychology in Bulgaria and SEE Region
"Concomitantly with growing professional recognition of the
importance of integrating advancements in neuroscience into
clinical practice, books such as Rewire Your Brain make this
innovative information accessible to the general public, thereby
providing readers with practical guidelines to enhancing their
wellbeing. It is a valuable contribution indeed."
-Avigail Moor Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Tel Hai
College, Israel
"Once I started to read Rewire Your Brain, it was hard to
stop. John Arden has a gift for making complicated and advanced
scientific findings interesting and easy to understand. I have not
been reading much about brain structures, processes, and
neurotransmitters since studying first year psychology almost 30
years ago, a time when the knowledge in this field was quite
rudimentary. Rewire Your Brain presents 'old' knowledge and
concepts together with results of new research in at way that gives
you an updated insight in 'how we are wired.' Even more important,
it gives hope and practical advice for both therapists and their
patients, but also for healthy individuals who want to improve
their memory, mood, or bad habits!"
- Per A Straumsheim, Special Advisor, Norwegian
Psychological Association
"Dr. Arden tells us all about the brain in an accessible way,
he even animates it in some way, in contrast to brain researchers
who investigate the brain like an lifeless mechanism. In order to
maintain an active and flexible brain, the author shows practical
ways of neuropsychologically-competent mastery of brain. Therefore
the book is free of theoretical abstractions, scientific dryness,
and haughtiness."
-Gayane Shaverdian, Ph.D. Chair and Professor of the
Department of Applied Psychology, Yerevan State University,
Armenia
"This book speaks of a universal language that breaks
cultural borders . People from the West will have a better
understanding of early Asian therapies and why it is effective;
while those from the East will appreciate the contribution of
modern Western health perspectives . It gives a scientific
explanation of how therapies like meditation, chi-gong, exercise,
hypnosis and other non-traditional healing interventions can affect
health and longevity. It will certainly rewire the mindsets of many
public readers."
-Isabel Echanis-Melgar, PhD., Chair, Committee on Clinical
Psychology, Psychological Association of the Philippines
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