
Ruby Wax's No-Brainer: It's All in the Mind
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Ruby Wax
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Ruby Wax
Could we be happier? Calmer? Better human beings?
In this Audible Original, Ruby Wax hunts down her heroes - brain scientists - in the UK and across America, to learn more about what makes us tick: why we get stressed, how we feel pain, what makes us addicted - and has a lot of fun along the way.
She faces death with Past Mortems author Carla Valentine, explores how video games affect our attention with gamification expert Gabe Zichermann, and discovers the benefits of vaginal smearing with Professor Tim Spector. Natural Born Learners author Alex Beard reveals what teenagers really need to know for a good education and visitors to a New York soup kitchen help Ruby confront her fear of compassion.
In No-Brainer Ruby draws on memories of her own difficult childhood and long history of depression and makes you laugh out loud with her frank observations and anarchic questions. You’ll learn a lot about your brain, and hear a ton of advice on how to use it better.
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Editorial Review
Get to know your brain At the intersection of science and storytelling is actress, lecturer, and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax and her new Audible Original, No-Brainer. It’s more than just an informative listen about neurology: it’s also a riveting exploration of the human psyche told through travel across the US and UK, interviews with cutting edge neuroscientists, and frank-yet-relatable anecdotes about growing up with a slightly atypical brain. Plus, if you’re stressed out, dealing with a hormonal teenager, or looking for the meaning of life, Ruby has tips for that. After all, happiness is just a chemical balance away. —Rachael X., Audible Editor
I especially loved how honest Ruby was. In the last chapter, for example, she was very upset with her test results regarding aging and openly told the doctor she was very disappointed with the results. It takes balls to share that way with an audience. (I think Ruby would say it that way).
Personally, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer (non-smoker) that metastasized to various other parts of my body, especially my brain. For folks with a diagnosis that is less than wonderful, I recommend Ruby’s approach to mindfulness. I have outlived my prognosis for almost a year and plan to continue what has worked so far, which includes a GIANT dose of mindfulness.
I’m looking forward to my next Ruby Wax audiobook.
Educational and Witty
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Listening to Ruby's voice in this audiobook gave me so much more than reading it in a paper book.
Happy to recommend it to anyone who like to learn about depression, the brain and how to handle it/yourself.
Thanks Ruby! /V
Love It
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worth listening twice
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great informational book with good humor mixed in.
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Chock full of interesting stuff
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loved it!
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Awesome book
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Ruby gets in the way
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Announcement: the ending in a new voice
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Lively informative listen
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