Wall Street Journal Bestseller
This Wall Street Journal Bestseller explains why your brain treats everyday stress like a lion attack—and how to retrain it. Dr. Faith Harper combines neuroscience with humor and straight talk, giving you practical tools to manage anxiety, depression, anger, and freak-outs. Self-help that actually helps.
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Your brain is doing its best to keep you alive, but sometimes it treats a trip to the grocery store like a lion attack. This Wall Street Journal Bestseller is your no-nonsense guide to understanding why your brain freaks out—and how to teach it to chill.
Dr. Faith Harper brings neuroscience down to earth with humor, compassion, and yes, some well-placed swearing. She explains the science behind anxiety spirals, depression fog, anger explosions, and those moments when your brain just nopes out entirely. More importantly, she gives you practical tools to retrain your brain’s responses to everyday situations that shouldn’t feel like emergencies.
Whether you’re working through old traumas, managing PTSD, wrestling with addiction, or simply want to stop melting down over minor inconveniences, this book meets you where you are. No judgment, no pretense—just clear explanations of what’s happening in your skull and actionable strategies to help you respond to life with more calm and control.
Perfect for anyone who’s ever thought, “Why is my brain like this?” This accessible guide combines cutting-edge neuropsychology with the kind of straight talk you’d get from a trusted friend who happens to have a doctorate. It’s self-help that actually helps, wrapped in humor that makes the hard work of healing feel a little less heavy.
Keep a copy on your shelf for those days when you need a reminder that you’re not broken—your brain just needs a little retraining.
A book that finally explains what the hell is going on in your skull.
Dr. Faith's book on the brain is, in a word, refreshing... An easy-to-understand, practical guide to dealing with the brain's negativity bias.
A primer on the brain and how it can betray us... Harper offers hope and understanding.
This book is a must-read for anyone who has a brain.
Harper's writing style is conversational and funny, and she uses plenty of profanity... This book is a great resource for anyone struggling with mental health issues.
| Weight | 0.35 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 5.25 × 0.50 × 6.75 in |
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| Subject | Anxieties & Phobias, Depression, Genres & Styles, Medical, Mental Health, Mood Disorders, Music, Neuropsychology, Personal Growth, Popular Culture, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd), Psychology, Psychopathology, Public Health, Punk, Self-help, Self-management, Social Science |
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