The Braintenance: A scientific guide to creating healthy habits and reaching your goals
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In Braintenance, neuroscientist and science communicator Dr Julia Ravey explains how you can take charge of your brain with methods based on science to change habits, achieve your goals and lead the life you want.
Your brain likes to keep you safely in your comfort zone. And that is what holds you back.
We have no trouble imagining the goals we would like to achieve – a healthier lifestyle, passing exams or embarking on a new career – but turning them into reality is far harder. Dr Julia Ravey explains the practical methods that will enable you to transform your life for the better.
By using the latest developments in science and psychology you will learn how to direct your focus, boost belief, beat procrastination – and why you should forget motivation. Using our current understanding about the brain and the way we behave, Ravey has developed techniques that enabled her to pursue her goals – and they will work for you, too.
The more you understand about your thinking, the more control you can have over your life. Change is good. Your brain just needs some convincing.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Macmillan, Main Market edition (12 Jan. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1529080053 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1529080056 |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
| Dimensions | 16.2 x 3.1 x 24.2 cm |
by Daniella
In Braintenance, neuroscientist and science communicator Dr Julia Ravey explains how we can take control of our brains with methods based on research and turn our dreams into reality.
Have you ever wondered why you like to be in your comfort zone, or why New Year’s Resolutions are hard to keep? Perhaps you want to start getting up earlier but when your alarm goes off your brain tells you to snooze. These are all scenarios many of us are in and Braintenance teaches us how we can take control over these situations!
Neuroscience as a subject always sounds complicated but in Braintenance Dr Julia Ravey writes in an easy-to-understand way which even the least scientific person can get behind. The book is split into different topics and each topic focuses on theory, how we can apply the theory and a section to consolidate all that we have learnt. Throughout the book the author asks questions which helps you to reflect and apply the theory to your own life and there are several diagrams if you prefer seeing things visually!
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I found it incredibly empowering as it reminded me that if we put our mind to it, we can change/get better at things/knock bad habits on the head. What a way to start the year in books!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
by Mr. K. P. Williams
An intriguing guide to how the brain works and discover ways to ‘hack’ your mind to utilise the brain’s functions to help yourself.
by Mary
I’ve always been fascinated by how things work and what makes us tick. Julia takes us through how our brain works, why we procrastinate and what we can do about it to get more out of life.
Julia focusses on our looking to understand what’s going on in our brains when we’re indecisive and can’t move forwards. Rather than beat ourselves up, or engage in hand wringing, she emphasises the need for self-compassion and to cut ourselves some slack when we hit a self-imposed road block. Julia then goes on to provide a range of helpful techniques we can use to overcome our internal resistance and get ourselves back on track.
I found the book very interesting and useful and will be applying the techniques to hopefully make procrastination a thing of the past.
I was given this book from the author via netgalley only for the pleasure of reading and leaving an honest review should I choose to.