Your Brain Is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups
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- Create Date：2021-04-17 06:31:08
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Daniel G. Amen
- ISBN：B08NXW5FWM
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Reviews
Frances
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I like this book because it takes technical stuff and put it in terms everyone can understand。 We all have dragons who will try to destroy us if we allow them to put ideas in our heads and this is a much needed book to help all of us who can't afford to have our lives overtaken by bad decisions and impulsive behaviour。 I like this book because it takes technical stuff and put it in terms everyone can understand。 We all have dragons who will try to destroy us if we allow them to put ideas in our heads and this is a much needed book to help all of us who can't afford to have our lives overtaken by bad decisions and impulsive behaviour。 。。。more
Jesy
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I've read a lot of Daniel Amen's work and he generally offers valuable information and advice。 That said， I'd recommend reading any and all of his other books over this one。 While relevant， I found the pandemic examples overdone， the Christian bias alienating and the dragon metaphor taken to the point where it felt contrived。 I enjoy Amen's work and this book is not without value。 Just know it is far from his best work。 I've read a lot of Daniel Amen's work and he generally offers valuable information and advice。 That said， I'd recommend reading any and all of his other books over this one。 While relevant， I found the pandemic examples overdone， the Christian bias alienating and the dragon metaphor taken to the point where it felt contrived。 I enjoy Amen's work and this book is not without value。 Just know it is far from his best work。 。。。more
Kimberly Simpson
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I love how this book normalizes basic human struggles， through the use of brain science and personal examples。 It is filled with tips and tools for better mental health。"Just because you have a thought has nothing to do with whether it is true。"- Daniel Amen I love how this book normalizes basic human struggles， through the use of brain science and personal examples。 It is filled with tips and tools for better mental health。"Just because you have a thought has nothing to do with whether it is true。"- Daniel Amen 。。。more
Dan
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In the introduction the author talks of helping Mikey Cyrus since the age of 18， discusses going on her Instagram show with her 1o5 million followers， and goes downhill from there。 When you start by plugging your celebrity "clients"， which frankly I couldn't care less about， except that I don't think she is a sterling example of anything you'd want someone to brag about。 That's as far as I got。 I know I've read other books by Dr。 Amen， I thought they were interesting， but I think his starry eyed In the introduction the author talks of helping Mikey Cyrus since the age of 18， discusses going on her Instagram show with her 1o5 million followers， and goes downhill from there。 When you start by plugging your celebrity "clients"， which frankly I couldn't care less about， except that I don't think she is a sterling example of anything you'd want someone to brag about。 That's as far as I got。 I know I've read other books by Dr。 Amen， I thought they were interesting， but I think his starry eyed celebrity friends are ruining whatever message he might have。 I don't understand anything more than one star for this。 Unless the readers think maybe they'll be Tick Tock influencers after reading this。 。。。more
Eve Smith
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This is my first book from Dr。 Amen and I'm wondering if the others are better？ The best parts of the book were the brain scans。 Those were brilliant。 The content was:1。 Surprisingly short and heavy on the supplement sales/set up for mass marketing of goods （or joining their online community） made it highly disappointed。 2。 Similar to a lot of the work that is already out there。 See: Shawn Stevenson， Angela Duckworth， Bessel Van Der Kolk， Peter A Levine， Viktor Frankel， Josh Davis， Robert Wright This is my first book from Dr。 Amen and I'm wondering if the others are better？ The best parts of the book were the brain scans。 Those were brilliant。 The content was:1。 Surprisingly short and heavy on the supplement sales/set up for mass marketing of goods （or joining their online community） made it highly disappointed。 2。 Similar to a lot of the work that is already out there。 See: Shawn Stevenson， Angela Duckworth， Bessel Van Der Kolk， Peter A Levine， Viktor Frankel， Josh Davis， Robert Wright （in his study of the impact of meditation on the mind）， Mark Divine， among others。 3。 A 12-step program rework， really？ I'm not sure why I expected more from him。 It might have been that I saw several interviews that were really interesting。 But， this particular book reads like many of the other recycled mass market material and that was disappointing。 The dumbing down of the material into Dragons and Ants slayed me。 （Not in a good way。） 。。。more
Roberta Lynne Ruben
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Simple language and the use of Dragons and ANTs to represent adults emotional problems was insulting to my intelligence。 I have read 3 early books by Dr。 Amen and found them helpful and interesting。 I recommended this， with changes to Young Adults with little information about psychology and brain health。 Dr。 Amen has joined the food supplement pushers and sells his own mixtures of untested herbs and spices。 None of them are FDA approved。 I don’t recommend this book for adults with serious menta Simple language and the use of Dragons and ANTs to represent adults emotional problems was insulting to my intelligence。 I have read 3 early books by Dr。 Amen and found them helpful and interesting。 I recommended this， with changes to Young Adults with little information about psychology and brain health。 Dr。 Amen has joined the food supplement pushers and sells his own mixtures of untested herbs and spices。 None of them are FDA approved。 I don’t recommend this book for adults with serious mental health problems or brain damage。 Read any of his earlier publications。 。。。more
Phil
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Your Brain Is Always Listening is a straight forward， simple explanation how past voices， or "dragons" as Amen calls them， continue to influence and cause ongoing dysfunction in our lives。 It is a fairly simple and readable treatment of the topic。 Your Brain Is Always Listening is a straight forward， simple explanation how past voices， or "dragons" as Amen calls them， continue to influence and cause ongoing dysfunction in our lives。 It is a fairly simple and readable treatment of the topic。 。。。more
Kate
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I've always enjoyed reading Dr。 Daniel Amen's books。 This is another good one and gives you lots of information about negative thoughts and how to change your way of thinking。 I read the e-book version but this is the type of book I'd like to have a paperback of and be able to underline， take notes and refer back to over the years。 He gives lots of ideas for taking care of your brain。。。mostly common sense but it always seems like I need a good reminder of these things。 Plus， I find it helpful to I've always enjoyed reading Dr。 Daniel Amen's books。 This is another good one and gives you lots of information about negative thoughts and how to change your way of thinking。 I read the e-book version but this is the type of book I'd like to have a paperback of and be able to underline， take notes and refer back to over the years。 He gives lots of ideas for taking care of your brain。。。mostly common sense but it always seems like I need a good reminder of these things。 Plus， I find it helpful to read about his real-life patients and their stories。Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review。 All opinions are my own。 。。。more
Kelli Emge
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He has good advice as a therapist。 I have seen his ted talks and promotions before， and I think Dr Amen is pretty cutting-edge， yet still grounded。 His greatest strength is normally in adjusting clients' lifestyle factors to decrease inflammation and improve brain health， but those are not fully included here （only topically addressed。） This book is more about mindset / affirmations / recognizing + attending to your "dragons" as they are called。 What I didn't like: so， so much tooting of his own He has good advice as a therapist。 I have seen his ted talks and promotions before， and I think Dr Amen is pretty cutting-edge， yet still grounded。 His greatest strength is normally in adjusting clients' lifestyle factors to decrease inflammation and improve brain health， but those are not fully included here （only topically addressed。） This book is more about mindset / affirmations / recognizing + attending to your "dragons" as they are called。 What I didn't like: so， so much tooting of his own horn （yes， you are therapist to all the stars and a maverick， we heard it！） and over-the-top references to the Big Pandemic （like， every page， leave it be）What I like: Dr Amen is wise， kind， gracious and merciful to people who behave badly （due to his belief that they all just have bad brain health。） That ideal could be overly applied - some people are just jerks and need to take ownership， not get their therapist to blame it all on past trauma or their mama， so to speak。 But that is where the entire field of psychology-as-idealogy gets wonky， so Dr Amen gets a pass。 He is doing far more good than harm。。。 and everyone needs grace， regardless。 。。。more
Megan Wagner
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A good read for those interested in health， wellness， and how your thoughts can impact your life。 Good perspective on happiness and how to be accountable for your own joy。
Ashley Wiersma
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Amen's books could put therapists out of business。 Helpful and timely。 Amen's books could put therapists out of business。 Helpful and timely。 。。。more
Lisa
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