
Unstoppable Brain
The New Neuroscience That Frees Us from Failure, Eases Our Stress, and Creates Lasting Change
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Kyra Bobinet MD MPH
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Kyra Bobinet
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We all want the power and motivation to create change in our lives. But how to get that in a stumbling dance of one step forward and two steps back? Negative emotions run rampant in many people's lives today; a reality that feels like a shrink wrap of suffering. Popular fallback solutions of performance-based goals and tools focus on extrinsic rewards like fame, wealth, or winning. But overuse of those rewards doesn't work for the long term and in fact weakens our confidence and motivation over time, leaving us vulnerable to failure and shame.
It doesn't have to be that way. Through three decades of researching and tracking such universal struggles to change our behavior, Dr. Kyra Bobinet unveils the way out, using novel neuroscience research on a compelling new brain area, the habenula. In this book, she reveals the habenulas powerful role in killing our motivation and causing anxiety and depression and offers a foolproof way to escape its clutches.
©2024 Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPH (P)2024 Kyra Bobinet, MD, MPHListeners also enjoyed...
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Mind Magic
- The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything
- By: James R. Doty MD
- Narrated by: James R. Doty MD
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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For decades the practice of manifestation has been widely dismissed as self-involved, materialistic pseudoscience. But as neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty reveals, manifestation introduces us to different possibilities, and it lays the groundwork for a kinder, better world. Doty grounds us in the practices that change our brain structures: attention, meditation, visualization, and compassion. This mind magic allows us to move through the world in ways that help us see clearly.
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Needs a professional reader
- By Kristi on 09-22-24
By: James R. Doty MD
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Free to Focus
- A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less
- By: Michael Hyatt
- Narrated by: Michael Hyatt
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Most think productivity is just about getting more done at a faster speed. But it's not. Productivity is about getting the right things done. New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt has created a total productivity system that's much more than endless box checking. Proven by more than 25,000 professionals, this system helps overwhelmed leaders achieve what matters most so they can succeed at both work and life.
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Written for business people, not for busy mom
- By moon light on 09-22-19
By: Michael Hyatt
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Reality Is Not What It Seems
- The Journey to Quantum Gravity
- By: Carlo Rovelli, Simon Carnell - translator, Erica Segre - translator
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, The Order of Time, and Helgoland, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the Universe. What are the elementary ingredients of the world? Do time and space exist? And what exactly is reality? Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli has spent his life exploring these questions. He tells us how our understanding of reality has changed over the centuries and how physicists think about the structure of the Universe today.
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Most compelling physics book in at least 10 years!
- By Kyle on 02-03-17
By: Carlo Rovelli, and others
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Reconnect with Nature: Lessons from the Natural World
- By: Jennifer Verdolin, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Verdolin
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
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Across the six lessons of Reconnect with Nature: Lessons from the Natural World, author and conservationist Jennifer Verdolin draws on Indigenous traditions and contemporary science to inspire you to integrate more of the natural world into your life, no matter where you live. You’ll learn about our deep biological need for nature and about the influence that natural environments and other animals have on your day-to-day life. You’ll also be provided with activities and tools to help you be more observant about the natural world around you.
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Could not finish
- By CKLaboy on 06-14-25
By: Jennifer Verdolin, and others
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Ultralearning
- Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
- By: Scott H. Young
- Narrated by: Scott H. Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage by learning the skill necessary to stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way in this essential guide. Scott Young incorporates the latest research about the most effective learning methods and the stories of other ultralearners like himself - among them Ben Franklin, Judit Polgar, and Richard Feynman, as well as a host of others, such as little-known modern polymaths like Nigel Richards who won the World Championship of French Scrabble - without knowing French.
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I Thought I Already Knew Something About Learning
- By Tyler L on 09-08-19
By: Scott H. Young
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Hyperfocus
- How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
- By: Chris Bailey
- Narrated by: Chris Bailey
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Our attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today. Many of us recognize that our brains struggle to multitask. Despite this, we feel compelled to do so anyway while we fill each moment of our lives to the brim with mindless distraction. Hyperfocus provides profound insights into how you can best take charge of your attention to achieve a greater sense of purpose and productivity throughout the day.
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Buzzwords and Common Sense
- By RGT on 09-09-18
By: Chris Bailey
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Stolen Focus
- Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
- By: Johann Hari
- Narrated by: Johann Hari
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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In the United States, teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live. He tried all sorts of self-help solutions—even abandoning his phone for three months—but nothing seemed to work. So Hari went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention—and he discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.
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Needs a little sharpening
- By LEE on 02-01-22
By: Johann Hari
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The Mindful Body
- Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health
- By: Ellen J. Langer
- Narrated by: Subhadra Newton
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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Can changing your thoughts improve your health? We tend to live our lives as though our ailments—our stiff knees or frayed nerves or diminished eyesight—can change only in one direction: for the worse. Award-winning social psychologist Ellen J. Langer’s life’s work proves the fault in this negative outlook as well as the healing power of its alternative: mindfulness—the process of active noticing where we are not bound by past experience or conventional wisdom. In The Mindful Body, Dr. Langer unpacks her assumption-busting findings and outlines her bold new theory of mind-body unity.
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Refreshing Information That Older Folks Will Appreciate
- By David L. Kendall on 09-17-23
By: Ellen J. Langer
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Into the Magic Shop
- A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
- By: James R. Doty MD
- Narrated by: James R. Doty MD
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires.
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Listen to this twice… then follow his instructions!
- By LoveFromBothSides on 01-09-24
By: James R. Doty MD
Thank you from a neuroscience geek!
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Life-changing content
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This book is all the.more unique because it's part memoir. A Doctor, cutting edge researcher shares first hand struggles with addiction, weight loss, exercise and some of life's greatest challenges. This personal insight motivated and inspired and brings a personal touch that is rare in this genre. She also draws upon clinical experience with many top level achievers. it feels like receiving a personal letter from the front lines of brain and behavioral research just when I needed it. This the kind of book that happens when someone is acting in their gift and has the bravery and courage to transparently share her challenges with her audience. I can't wait to learn more.
Must Read Brain Science on Motivation and Personal Change
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Usable Information and so Inspiring!
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one of those books that changes your path
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Healing wisdom
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This is a great book for anyone who wants to change their lives, advocate for health and wellbeing, or even accept themselves when they perceive their actions as failures.
Well-read, packed with information and insights, and engaging.
Acknowledging fear without shaming
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Stick with it
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In chapter 7, titled "Iterators never fail", she repeats "iterate" over and over, which seemed like a thousand times.
Here are some of her suggestions from this book:
When you try to do something and it fails, iterate. When life gets you down it's time to iterate. Tap into your"try". Fake it till you make it. Outcomes to any behavior change, is your poor efforts, they are controlling you and taking away your power. Anyone, anywhere can stop the motivation kill switch, by using iteration. The next suggestion is simply bizarre.... For people who have addiction problems with alcohol, she suggests... if you can't stop drinking, try drinking club soda with a lemon or lime at your cocktail party. Put dental floss by the sink so you remember to floss. Keep vitamins next to the sink or a water bottle at your desk to build a healthy habit. Take a deep breath, at the light when you're out, to calm your anger. If you're practicing not eating carbs but ate a cookie, all you have to do is reframe it to yourself. Tell yourself... If that was the right practice for me, right now, I wouldn't have forgotten and eaten the cookie. So then you're not a failure.
She writes... In this preiterate sense world, now you know. You have all the power you need. I don't like to write bad reviews, however, this book and her stories was a waste of my precious time and credit. I don't want others to waste their time and money.
Unworthy of a credit or money
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What a disappointment
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