Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-06-23
Books mentioned on 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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hardwiring Happiness
Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson examines the neurobiology of well-being and outlines practical strategies for transforming passing positive experiences into lasting neural structure.
Recommended“I love Rick Hansen's work around that in hardwiring happiness. And yeah, it's effortful.”
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book YOU, HAPPIER.
“So we studied it. I have a book called You Happier, and it was right as the pandemic was ending.”
Own book Feel better fast and make it last
“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.”
Own book Memory Rescue
“And this is actually my Alzheimer's prevention program. I wrote a book about it called Memory Rescue.”
Own book 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.”