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Rewire Your Anxious Brain

By: Catherine M. Pittman PhD,Elizabeth M. Karle MLIS
Narrated by: Susannah Mars
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Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety, based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.

In this audiobook you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison the cortex is the center of worry - that is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen.

Pittman and Karle offer simple, specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping in to both of these pathways in the brain. As you listen, you'll gain a greater understanding of how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it.

The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally "rewire" the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.

©2015 Catherine M. Pittman & Elizabeth M. Karle (P)2015 Wetware Media

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Useful book

Very good book to recognise how mind work under anxiety. Useful book that helps in coping with anxiety.

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Great book for scientifically treating anxiety

It was very interesting to know about the two different mechanisms of brain for creating anxiety and how one can change them.

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  • 27-01-2017

For many, this will be a valuable book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The book explains clearly the sources of anxiety as being both the cognitive mind and the ancient part of our brains called the amygdala. It explains that rewiring your brain - employing our modern understanding of neuroplasticity - can change even the apparently autonomic responses of the amygdala as well as our cognitive responses. And most importantly, it explains how it can be done.

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This is an expressive and sensitive read.

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A bit long and involved for that - best heard a couple of chapters at a time.

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Was very helpful. Put everything into perspective.

I found this very good. It was certainly worth it. far cheaper than going to a shrink.

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A clear understanding really helps.

I found the clear and thorough explanation of the exact known cause and ways of helping myself very reassuring. I feel much more confident that I can use the retraining techniques explained in this book to finally rid myself from this sometimes all consuming worry, pessimism and fear. It actually feels better just having a real name for them. Really helpful audiobook. Thank you.

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great at identifying, more on correction needed.

This book is fantastic at identifying a range of anxiety. You'll go through the exercises and realise how anxious you are. But once it's identified, the book does not spend nearly enough time helping you correct your anxiety. it's like it's half finished.

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Not helpful

This booked had to much focus on the science of the brain rather than providing tools to assist with anxiety.

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Very Good

Very nice book. Found that learning the science behind anxiety alone was useful in reducing my anxiety.

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Taught me so much! Thank you for writing it!

learned so many new things about the brain and its wiring which will hopefully help me for life!

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clear brain

it is a very precise and clear info on how to rewire the brain to change the out come in you mental attitude.

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