How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life

Name: How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
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Rating: 4.7 (272 reviews)
Author: Rachel Barr

by Rachel Barr

Self Help Memoir

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4.7 stars from 272 reviews

288 pages~4.8 hr readPublished by Dorling KindersleyPublished 2025-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're curious about how your brain works and want practical science-backed strategies without the jargon overload.
You've struggled with anxiety, depression, or old habits and need evidence that change is actually possible.
You enjoy warm, personal memoirs paired with solid research—think self-help that doesn't feel preachy.

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You want a quick-fix manual with step-by-step protocols rather than deeper understanding of the 'why'.
You prefer highly technical neuroscience writing or aren't interested in the author's personal recovery story.
You're looking for a clinical textbook rather than an accessible, conversational guide.

About this book

The brain is constantly adapting and reconfiguring itself, with a remarkable capacity for recovery. However, it doesn't always function optimally. Rachel Barr draws on neuroscience to explore how the brain's neuroplastic capacity allows for change throughout life. After years of personal struggle with loss and uncertainty, Barr discovered that understanding neuroscience provided her with self-belief and evidence that it is never too late to develop new neural pathways, habits, skills, and ways of thinking. How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is an evidence-based guide to brain care. It covers neuroscientific concepts and explains how the brain works, offering practical approaches to support better brain health so that the brain can better support you.

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