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Book · 2008 · Psychology

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness

by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. · Recommended by 2 people on 3 podcasts

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A psychiatrist he's run like 40 books on the brain change Your Brain Change Your Life I he talks about killing ants is good for the brain and ants stands for automatic negative thoughts.
Jim Kwik · Modern Wisdom · Nov 2023 Listen at 46:38

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I was going on a trip when i was maybe 17 years old and i was walking through the airport and i saw a book that said change your brain change your life by dr daniel amen who's now been my therapist for 10 years and i couldn't get on this plane i was having a full anxiety attack with.
Miley Cyrus The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 2020

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Daniel G. Amen's prominent self-help manual, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, offers practical psychological strategies based on brain scans and neuroscience to improve mental health and cognitive function. On Modern Wisdom, Jim Kwik recommended the book, highlighting the author's helpful concept of eliminating automatic negative thoughts, which Amen famously labels as ants. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Miley Cyrus shared that she first discovered the publication inside an airport bookstore at the age of seventeen while experiencing a severe anxiety attack, noting that the encounter completely altered her trajectory and led to her working directly with Dr. Amen as her therapist for a decade. Additionally, Jim Kwik mentioned the volume again on The Jordan Harbinger Show, emphasizing the author's extensive background in conducting over one hundred thousand brain scans to understand neurological patterns. Across these different podcast episodes, guests repeatedly praised the publication for providing accessible, actionable tools that empower individuals to recognize destructive mental loops, manage debilitating anxiety, and optimize their overall neurological and emotional well-being.

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Jim Kwik a psychiatrist he's run like 40 books on the brain change Your Brain Change Your Life I he talks about kill… 2
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“a psychiatrist he's run like 40 books on the brain change Your Brain Change Your Life I he talks about killing ants is good for the brain and ants stands for automatic negative thoughts”
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“he's done over a hundred thousand brain scans and and he wrote a famous book called change your brain change your life”
Miley Cyrus i was going on a trip when i was maybe 17 years old and i was walking through the airport and i saw a book… 1
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“i was going on a trip when i was maybe 17 years old and i was walking through the airport and i saw a book that said change your brain change your life by dr daniel amen who's now been my therapist for 10 years and i couldn't get on this plane i was having a full anxiety attack with”

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