Your Mind At Its Best

Everyone wants a healthy brain--one that continues to function at high levels throughout life. Your Mind at Its Best helps readers achieve that by collecting the most important information and most current research on gaining and maintaining optimal brain health. In 40 easy-to-understand chapters, readers will discover a wide variety of tips and tricks to keep their minds sharp. Synthesizing science and self-help, Your Mind at Its Best makes fascinating neurological discoveries understandable and immediately applicable to readers of any age.

MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES SOLD! Are your thoughts out of control--just like your life? Do you long to break free from the spiral of destructive thinking? Let God's truth become your battle plan to win the war in your mind! We've all tried to think our way out of bad habits and unhealthy thought patterns, only to find ourselves stuck with an out-of-control mind and off-track daily life. Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel understands deeply this daily battle against self-doubt and negative thinking, and in this powerful new book he reveals the strategies he's discovered to change your mind and your life for the long-term. Drawing upon Scripture and the latest findings of brain science, Groeschel lays out practical strategies that will free you from the grip of harmful, destructive thinking and enable you to live the life of joy and peace that God intends you to live. Winning the War in Your Mind will help you: Learn how your brain works and see how to rewire it Identify the lies your enemy wants you to believe Recognize and short-circuit your mental triggers for destructive thinking See how prayer and praise will transform your mind Develop practices that allow God's thoughts to become your thoughts God has something better for your life than your old ways of thinking. It's time to change your mind so God can change your life.

Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.

In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday to reveal how we can better organize, prioritize, remember, and process our daily lives. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s possible for this couple, and thus the reader, not only to survive in today’s overwhelming work environment but succeed in it—and still feel energized and accomplished at the end of the day.

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“Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

If it aint one thing its another was a catchy phrase I often heard growing up. At the time, I didnt give it much thought, except that I heard it a lot. But fast forward a few decades, and I get it; in life, theres always going to be something! I recently heard a pastor say as he delivered the eulogy for a young man who had battled addiction most of his life: We all have issues. And if you are sitting out there in your pew thinking that you dont have any, then maybe thats your issueyou think you dont have any. Man, was he on target. Theres always something! Its your health. Disease is robbing you of your joy. Free your mind! Its your finances. You just lost your job and bills are piling up. Free your mind! Its your addiction. Your life is spiraling out of control. Free your mind! Its your weight. You know you need to do better but cant seem to get a grip. Free your mind! Its your run-ins with the law. Youre an ex-convict, stuck in the penal systems revolving door. Free your mind! Its your childhood. Abuse and rape have left you with wounds so deep that they have festered into a sore that just wont heal. Free your mind! Its your relationships. Youve been beaten and battered by your spouse and you dont know where to turn. Free your mind! Its your gender identity. You are gay and you feel trapped. Free your mind! Free Your Mind and the Best Will Follow is a guide to letting go of your issues and living your dreams. It is a book of stories, spiritual truths, and activities that will help you realize that you are so much more than your circumstances and conditions. Now is the time to reconnect with your inner power. Its time to let go of your past.