Your Brain Is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups | Daniel G. Amen, MD

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen equips you with powerful weapons to battle the inner dragons that are breathing fire on your brain, driving unhealthy behaviors, and robbing you of joy and contentment.
Your brain is always listening and responding to these hidden influences and unless you recognize and deal with them, they can steal your happiness, spoil your relationships, and sabotage your health. This book will teach you to tame the:

1. Dragons from the Past that ignite your most painful emotions;
2. Negative Thought Dragons that attack you, fueling anxiety and depression;
3. They and Them Dragons, people in your life whose own dragons do battle with yours;
4. Bad Habit Dragons that increase the chances you’ll be overweight, overwhelmed, and an underachiever;
5. Addicted Dragons that make you lose control of your health, wealth, and relationships;
6. Scheming Dragons, advertisers and social media sites that steal your attention.

In Your Brain Is Always Listening, Dr. Daniel Amen shows you how to recognize harmful dragons and gives you the weapons to vanquish them. With these practical tools, you can stop feeling sad, mad, nervous, or out of control and start being happier, calmer, and more in control of your own destiny.

Editorial Reviews

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This book is needed now more than ever! Dr. Amen has written a powerful, user-friendly guide for anyone struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, or loss that will help them take control of their emotions, moods, and life. Get this book today if you want to start feeling better now. Maria Menounos, Emmy-winning journalist, NYT bestselling author, and host of Better Together with Maria Menounos podcast

In my opinion, Dr. Daniel Amen is an undisputed leader in psychiatry by bringing forth the unique integration of neuroscience, brain imaging, and lifestyle and dietary factors as an evidence-based solution for mental illness. He has done so his entire career, and we are fortunate to have such a giant in our field. Dr. Amen’s empathic brilliance shines through in all that he writes, does, and teaches. I highly recommend his new book, Your Brain Is Always Listening, and suggest you pick up a copy today. Uma Naidoo, MD, director of nutritional and lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital

Your Brain Is Always Listening blesses us with powerful, helpful strategies developed not only from Dr. Amen’s decades of professional experience but also from his own recent emotional challenges. These are strategies that help us explore the deepest reaches of what underlie our moment-to-moment perceptions of the world around us and, perhaps more importantly, help us contextualize these influences and reframe how our past affects our present. This is fundamental and empowering information that we all need to embrace. David Perlmutter, MD, author of Brain Wash and the #1 NYT bestseller Grain Brain

In Your Brain Is Always Listening, Dr. Amen introduces a new 12-step brain-based recovery program that addresses the missing link to breaking any addiction. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has struggled with an addiction or has had trouble breaking bad habits. Mark Hyman, MD, head of strategy and innovation, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine; NYT bestselling author of Food Fix

I have been a longtime fan of Dr. Amen’s amazing work on the brain and recently had the honor of interviewing him on my podcast, which was a hit! He is incredibly knowledgeable, wise, and compassionate, which is exactly how I would describe his new book, Your Brain Is Always Listening. In a way that is both understanding and enlightening, Dr. Amen describes the many thought dragons that haunt us all and explains how changing our habits and finding true, lasting success and happiness is not only possible but achievable. I absolutely loved this book. It helped me, and I know it will help you too! I highly recommend it! Caroline Leaf, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist and author of Switch On Your Brain

Dr. Amen is our most popular guest on New Life Live! He has helped me overcome the dragons that were attacking me and my brain. Your Brain Is Always Listing will help you conquer the dragons before they eat up your life. Stephen Arterburn, founder of New Life Ministries and author of Every Man's Battle

Dr. Daniel Amen continues to support each of us with our brain health. Once again in Your Brain Is Always Listening, he brings us new, practical skills to support ourselves and the ones we love! Tom Ferry, #1 real estate educator, bestselling author

In this book, Dr. Amen brilliantly explains why you keep doing things you don’t like and exactly how to make your brain behave so it can bring you joy, peace, and fun. Read this book. Your brain is worth it! Dave Asprey, creator of Bulletproof Coffee, three-time NYT bestselling author

Dr. Amen’s research into brain health and overall mental wellness is unmatched. In our rapidly changing world, it’s easy to overlook how much our health, happiness, and success are controlled by the function of our brain and our associated inner dialogue. We can slay the dragons that limit us. But we need the right tools to do it. Everyone needs to get Your Brain Is Always Listening into their hands. Shawn Stevenson, author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter

I have been associated with Dr. Amen for close to 30 years and have had the opportunity to utilize SPECT brain imaging to help so many individuals, couples, families, businesses, and ministries. Your Brain Is Always Listening will help you learn principles of applied neuroscience that will assist you in finding the answers you are searching for to change your brain and your life. Experienced medical and clinical psychology professionals will gain new insights into how applied neuroscience helps transform lives. Dr. Amen has 30-plus years of brain-imaging experience that has been foundational in changing how we look at symptoms and the practical steps to take to help transform lives. Learn new insights in bringing about the desired changes in your life from a pioneer in neuroscience! Earl R. Henslin, PhD, psychotherapist, author

From the Back Cover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen, MD, equips you with powerful weapons to battle the unseen dragons that are breathing fire on your emotional brain, driving unhealthy thoughts and behaviors, and robbing you of joy and contentment.
Your brain is always listening and responding to hidden influences, many of them harmful. Unless you recognize and deal with them, they can steal your happiness, spoil your relationships, and sabotage your health.

Dr. Amen shows you how to recognize the hidden dragons and gives you strategies to train them to help rather than hurt you. Your Brain Is Always Listening will enable you to:

• Overcome pain from your past
• Break bad habits
• Shut down self-defeating thoughts
• Shore up your capacity to cope with stress and uncertainty
• Reduce your vulnerability to people and practices that are hurting you
• Heal addictions

You can stop feeling sad, mad, nervous, or out of control and start being happier, calmer, and more in charge of your own destiny. Let one of the world’s most renowned brain doctors show you how.