Feel Better Fast and Make It Last: Unlock Your Brain's Healing Potential to Overcome Negativity, Anxiety, Anger, Stress, and Trauma - Paperback

by Amen MD Daniel G. (Author)

If you want to feel happier, more optimistic, more joyful, and resilient, Dr. Amen's groundbreaking new book is for you.

We've all felt anxious, sad, traumatized, grief-stricken, stressed, angry, or hopeless at some point in life. It's perfectly normal to go through emotional crises or have periods when you feel panicked or out of sorts. It is how you respond to these challenges that will make all the difference in how you feel―not just immediately, but also in the long run. Unfortunately, many people turn to self-medicating behaviors, such as overeating, drugs, alcohol, risky sexual behavior, anger, or wasting time on mindless TV, video games, Internet surfing, or shopping. And even though these behaviors may give temporary relief from feeling bad, they usually only prolong and exacerbate the problems―or cause other, more serious ones.

Is it possible to feel better―and make it last?

Renowned physician, psychiatrist, brain-imaging researcher, and founder of Amen Clinics Dr. Daniel Amen understands how critical it is for you to know what will help you feel better fast, now and later. This self-improvement book makes neuroscience approachable as it teaches you how to:

• Build habits that optimize long-term brain health and reduce the effects of mental illness
• Eliminate negative thoughts and rewire your brain for happiness
• Create a diet that supports your mind, boosts your mood, and lowers inflammation
• Overcome trauma and grief through seven practical strategies

In Feel Better Fast and Make It Last, you'll discover new, powerful brain-based strategies to quickly gain control over anxiety, worry, depression, stress and anger, strengthening your resilience and giving you joy and purpose for a lifetime.

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If you want to experience greater happiness in life, strengthen your brain.
Dr. Daniel Amen, a renowned psychiatrist and the founder of Amen Clinics, has learned that healthy brain function is correlated with improved

• joy
• energy
• resilience
• focus
• longevity
• relationships
• school performance
• business success
• wealth management
• creativity

Unhealthy brain function, on the other hand, is associated with a higher incidence of

• sadness
• anxiety
• fear
• panic
• brain fog
• poor focus
• addictions
• domestic violence
• incarceration
• loneliness
• suicidal behaviors
• violence
• school failure
• divorce
• dementia

Fortunately, there is hope for those who suffer from the emotionally painful and sometimes life-altering effects of a less-than-healthy brain. In these pages, Dr. Amen will introduce you to the latest research, as well as clinical experience, to help you feel better fast and make it last.

No one feels joyful all the time, but with an understanding of how your brain, mind, and attachments work--and of strategies to enhance their functioning--you are more likely to love your life and feel better every day.

Dr. Daniel G. Amen is a physician, a double board-certified psychiatrist, the founder of Amen Clinics, a 10-time New York Times bestselling author, and an international speaker. Together with Pastor Rick Warren and Mark Hyman, MD, Dr. Amen is also one of the chief architects of Saddleback Church's Daniel Plan, a program to get the world healthy through religious organizations. Dr. Amen has written, produced, and hosted many popular public television shows about the brain that have aired across North America. He has spoken for the National Security Agency, and his work has been featured in outlets including Newsweek, Time magazine, HuffPost, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Men's Health.