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  • You Are the Placebo

  • Making Your Mind Matter
  • By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
  • Narrated by: Adam Boyce
  • Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (204 ratings)

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You Are the Placebo

By: Dr. Joe Dispenza
Narrated by: Adam Boyce
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Is it possible to heal by thought alone - without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a placebo. Similarly, Dr. Joe tells of how others have gotten sick and even died the victims of a hex or voodoo curse - or after being misdiagnosed with a fatal illness. Belief can be so strong that pharmaceutical companies use double- and triple-blind randomized studies to try to exclude the power of the mind over the body when evaluating new drugs.

Dr. Joe does more than simply explore the history and the physiology of the placebo effect. He asks the question: “Is it possible to teach the principles of the placebo, and without relying on any external substance, produce the same internal changes in a person’s health and ultimately in his or her life?” Then he shares scientific evidence (including color brain scans) of amazing healings from his workshops, in which participants learn his model of personal transformation, based on practical applications of the so-called placebo effect. The book ends with a “how-to” meditation for changing beliefs and perceptions that hold us back - the first step in healing.

You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioral conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect...and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible.

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good value

really liked hearing the incredible stories of human potential. read for anyone all ages, easily understandable

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I enjoyed this informative educational intuitive book. I highly recommend this to all walks of life.

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Life changing

The content is so interesting and the voice reading is soothing. Looking forward to reading Dr Dispenza’s other books now!

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Reprogramme your way to ultimate health!

A truely fascinating read that unfolds through an avalanche of case studies of people applying epigenetic techniques to reprogramme genes and biohacking their way to Adonis-like states of health and well-being.

Dispenza picks apart prior conditioning we all have towards health and well-being, from doctors diagnosis to genetic diseases. He makes a comprehensive and research driven argument for anyone who has ever been unsure, overwhelmed or suffered from a victim mentality in regards to their health.

I learned so much from this book… the biggest pill to swallow (da dum chhh) was the confronting question Dispenza presented; ‘Does the doctor's diagnosis, become the modern day equivalent to a voodoo curse?’ He outlines how people can turn off certain combinations of genes that create illnesses (and maintain them), and turn on healing combinations of genes. He gives profound evidence against genetic diseases, making a case that if this were true, identical twins should have exactly the same gene expression. However they don't always manifest the same illnesses in the same way. Sometimes one will manifest a genetic disease that the other doesn't have at all.

He also touches on how the effort of ‘trying’ (which everyone has done multiple times in their lives, ie try new diets or fads), ends up working against your desired outcome. The reason being is because you have not applied the technique of ‘putting attention behind your intention’. By consciously marrying your thoughts and attention with a highened state of emotion, such as joy or gratitude, you can bathe your body in the neuro-chemistry that your body would be experiencing, if that were happening. This he argues, brings about elevated emotions to drive you to a new future.

We live in a day and age where we are marinating in stress hormones, and our egos are out of balance and our analytical minds are in overdrive. This book really highlights the importance of mastering a resting state, and use it as a platform to reprogram their genetic makeup. Be suggestible. Be open minded. Read this book and let it make impressions upon you that will chance the trajectory of your longevity.

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Mind blowing

I am always mind blown how much sense this makes to me. It’s like I’m either the book/case study, like I’m the text book. Or Dr Joe wrote it about me. I am fascinated by how the brain works. The spirituality and frequency is so lost during our time in being brought up. That programming, beliefs, etc. I’ve done therapy in the past, no one explains it like Dr Joe. It’s hours of listening because I’ve listened to all three books. But totally worth it! Now to do all the practical side to it and I can’t wait to be different and actually start living a lighter and more grateful life. No more stress!!!

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Very impressive book.

Very impressive and cutting edge. 4 stars because it does not include the meditation he talks about, which is disappointing.

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SPOT ON!!!

Absolutely wonderful. This book will explain the science of faith, even if you think those two things are a contradiction!

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Everyone with an open mind should read this book

This is not my first Dr Joe book and won’t be my last. Truely mind altering.

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Informative and Insightful

I enjoyed listening to the audiobook and the narrator did well. There is a lot of inspiring information which leads to learn more. I've meditated for years and had a certain perspective that it's a tool with beneficial results. Dr Joe's meditations are the engine of changing one's life. I totally relate to our quality of life being a reflection of our internal world.
Unfortunately most of my listening time is while I'm driving, making it impossible to look at the figures in the PDF he refers to.

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Life changing 😃😍🥰

I've been reading his books and doing meditations for a few months; can't express in enough words how this all makes me feel 😃 this is an absolutely brilliant book and makes the science so understandable and the testimonials leave you in no doubt that anything is possible!!! LOVE Dr Joe and his work and will continue doing the work forever 🥰

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