The Brain Fog Fix [antikvár]

NTRODUCnONThe Brain Fog Fix is a book about taking better care of your brain to help fight anxiety, depression, brain fog, scatterbrain, and other conditions that are becoming the scary status quo in our country. But it's also a book about using simple strategies to help make your life easier, happier, and more fulfilling. It's all connected: if your brain is in bad shape, chances are the rest of your life is, too.I wrote this for people like my friend Jane, who considers herself generally happy but doesn't understand why she's always so moody. 1 wrote it for a patient I recently treated who felt stressed out all the time but didn't have the time to go on a meditation retreat or the financial freedom to quit her job.I also wrote this book for my grandpa, who followed my advice to eat more berries and keep on traveling to ward off senior moments, and my mom, who regained her lost energy only after she weaned herself off the ten (yes, ten!) Diet Cokes she'd gotten into the habit of drinking every single day. I wrote it for my little brother, who co-founded an organization called Aphasia Recovery Connection and, through helping other stroke survivors, has discovered how a sense of purpose can reshape every aspect of life.I also wrote this book for me.Even after ten years of practicing cognitive behavioral therapy, I still sometimes fall prey to down periods when I fail to utilize the very strategies I teach. In fact, I conducted an unintentional case study on myself a few years ago, an experiment in how not to get through the rocky patches of life. At the time, I was going through a painful breakup while trying to juggle my private practice, finish my first book, and work on some new TV projects. I felt completely overwhelmed, and I found it difficult to think clearly. And most of all I felt incredibly sad.The problem was not the sadness itself. It was that I allowed the sadness to change my behavior and, in the process, rule (and ruin) my whole life. My primarily pescetarian dietwhich consisted of wild salmon, healthy grains, and organic vegetablesgave way to pizza,