Healthy Brain, Happy Life, Wendy Suzuki
Healthy Brain, Happy Life, Wendy Suzuki
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Healthy Brain, Happy Life
A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better

Author: Wendy Suzuki, Billie Fitzpatrick

Narrator: Wendy Suzuki

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/19/2015

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.Nearing forty, Dr. Wendy Suzuki was at the pinnacle of her career. An award-winning university professor and world-renowned neuroscientist, she had tenure, her own successful research lab, prestigious awards, and international renown.That’s when to celebrate her birthday, she booked an adventure trip that forced her to wake up to a startling reality: despite her professional success, she was overweight, lonely, and tired and knew that her life had to change.  Wendy started simply—by going to an exercise class. Eventually, she noticed an improvement in her memory, her energy levels, and her ability to work quickly and move from task to task easily. Not only did Wendy begin to get fit, but she also became sharper, had more energy, and her memory improved.  Being a neuroscientist, she wanted to know why.What she learned transformed her body and her life. Now, it can transform yours.Wendy discovered that there is a biological connection between exercise, mindfulness, and action. With exercise, your body feels more alive and your brain actually performs better.  Yes—you can make yourself smarter. In this fascinating book, Suzuki makes neuroscience easy to understand, interweaving her personal story with groundbreaking research, and offering practical, short exercises—4 minute Brain Hacks—to engage your mind and improve your memory, your ability to learn new skills, and function more efficiently.Taking us on an amazing journey inside the brain as never before, Suzuki helps us unlock the keys to neuroplasticity that can change our brains, or bodies, and, ultimately, our lives.

About Wendy Suzuki

Wendy Suzuki, PhD, runs an interactive research lab at New York University, where her work has been recognized with numerous awards including the prestigious Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences. She is a two-time TEDx speaker and is regularly interviewed in the media. She lectures nationally and internationally on her research and serves as a reviewer for many of the top neuroscience journals. She lives in New York City.

About Billie Fitzpatrick

Billie Fitzpatrick has coauthored numerous books, including several New York Times bestsellers. She specializes in mind-body health, neuroscience, nutrition, and diet and fitness.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly on July 21, 2015

Lots of good information, and some interesting case studies, it's just that I never really got into a groove reading this. The writing seemed to ricochet between highly technical, neuroscientific language and simplistic, almost blog-like stories about her life. Just as I would get super-focused on t......more

Goodreads review by Katerina on February 06, 2017

For the record, по-русски книжка называется "Странная девочка, которая влюбилась в мозг: Как знание нейробиологии поможет стать привлекательнее, счастливее и лучше" (!). (Подсказка: надо каждый день заниматься "физкультурой" и медитировать. И завести песика.) В одном отзыве чудесно написано, что это......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 07, 2015

Some technical learning about the brain (much of which I was already familiar with), with a lot of blog like memoir mixed in. It was boring me. Of course, we should exercise and meditate and it took her a long time to get there.......more

Goodreads review by John on June 18, 2015

More like stapled together lesson plans from a NYU course (with some dating life in New York thrown in as binder) than a book, this was okay. The regions of the brain were interesting at first, but Suzuki repeats the tech data ad infinitum to the point I started skimming and skipping. She loves her......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on August 20, 2015

If I could, I'd probably actually rate this book 2.5 stars. I am subscribed to some newsletters through my local public library, and one of the newsletters sends daily book recommendations. That is how I discovered Suzuki's book. I love reading about the brain, and was interested in seeing the connec......more