Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-06-23
Chris Williamson & Daniel Amen: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #958
The 11 Risk Factors That Are Destroying Your Brain - Dr Daniel Amen - #958
Dr. Daniel Amen is a psychiatrist, brain-health researcher, founder of the Amen Clinics & New York Times bestselling author. You only get one brain, so how do you keep it healthy for life?
Chris Williamson recommended Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hardwiring Happiness
Recommended“I love Rick Hansen's work around that in hardwiring happiness. And yeah, it's effortful.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged YOU, HAPPIER.
“So we studied it. I have a book called You Happier, and it was right as the pandemic was ending.”
“I wrote a book called Feel Better Fast and Make It last. And it's like, I want you to do things that help you feel good now and later as opposed to now but not later.”
Plugged Memory Rescue
“And this is actually my Alzheimer's prevention program. I wrote a book about it called Memory Rescue.”
Plugged The End of Mental Illness
“So, I wrote another book. How can you have a healthy mind without healthy brain called the end of mental illness, and I've really dived into each of these 11 risk factors.”