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Rewire change your brain to break bad habits, overcome addictions, conquer self-destructive behavior

Bringing together many different fields in psychology and brain science, Dr. O'Connor gives you a road map to overcoming whatever self-destructive habits are plaguing you, with exercises throughout the book. We can rewire our brains to develop healthier circuitry, training the automatic self to make...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Richard (Psychotherapist)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Hudson Street Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Self-destructive behavior.
Habit breaking.
Behavior modification.
Brain.
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Summary:Bringing together many different fields in psychology and brain science, Dr. O'Connor gives you a road map to overcoming whatever self-destructive habits are plaguing you, with exercises throughout the book. We can rewire our brains to develop healthier circuitry, training the automatic self to make wiser decisions without having to think about it; ignore distractions; withstand temptations; see ourselves and the world more clearly; and interrupt our reflexive responses before they get us in trouble. Meanwhile, our conscious minds will be freed to view ourselves with compassion at the same time as we practice self-discipline. By learning valuable skills and habits-including mindfulness, self-control, confronting fear, and freeing yourself from mindless guilt-we can open ourselves to vastly more successful, productive, and happy lives. The book even demystifies how to overcome what Dr. O'Connor calls the "undertow" (the mysterious force that sabotages our best efforts when we're just on the edge of victory) for long-lasting change. Offering a valuable science-based new paradigm for rewiring our brains, Rewire is a refreshing guide to becoming a healthier, happier self.
Physical Description:x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.
ISBN:9781594632563 (hbk.)
1594632561 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Richard O'Connor, PhD,  is the author of Undoing Depressio n, Undoing Perpetual Stress , and Happy at Last . For many years he was executive director of the Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health, a private, nonprofit mental health clinic serving Litchfield County, Connecticut, overseeing the work of twenty mental health professionals in treating almost a thousand patients per year. He is a practicing psychotherapist with offices in Connecticut and New York, and lives in Lakeville, Connecticut.

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