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Book

A calm brain : unlocking your natural relaxation system

Call Number

  • 613.792 G2859 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York City : Dutton, 2012.

Physical Description

275 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

Shares advice on pursuing tranquility in the face of daily chaos, explaining how to harmonize the brain's rational and connected regions to achieve both calm and productivity at work, while parenting, and in interpersonal relationships.

Contents

  • Introduction : my grandfather's secret
  • The un-calm, modern brain
  • The core brain, architect of calm
  • Getting to calm from the bottom up
  • Why ever stress?
  • Top down judgment
  • Gatekeepers
  • The mother of all calm
  • The stress of the two xx's
  • Calm parenting is possible!
  • Weaving the tapestry of calm.

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