A Revolutionary Program for Balancing Mood, Restoring Brain Health, and Nurturing Spiritual Growth
If you would like your copy of "This is Your Brain on Joy" autographed let me know, I am most happy to do so. -- Dr. Earl R. Henslin
"This Is Your Brain on Joy" will help people find answers to struggles they have in their personal lives, in relationships, and career. For over a decade now I have been working with SPECT brain imaging to help balance brain chemistry issues to help people with addictions, anxiety, depression, ADD, and so many other issues. The brain does play a role in everything you do! It plays a significant role for men in their roles as a father to their sons and daughters...the kind of husband, son, grandfather they are. As an example if anger is a issue, yes it can be wounds from their father that have not been healed that play a role in how anger is expressed. What we have also learned is anger that is expressed through verbal abuse, control, etc. might also be the result of the concussion that they received in high school playing football! Their might be trauma to the temporal lobes that impacts how they manage anger. I find when the brain is balanced, then better control of anger occurs along with the ability to stay in touch with their feelings, and express them without causing hurt. Of course I do not mean to imply that this is just a male problem...of course women struggle with these issues as well!
I think you will be pleased with this new book, and will want to pass it on to family, friends, your pastor, or if you are in counseling... your therapist!! Thank you for your support throughout 2008.
Dr. Daniel Amen's Review of This Is Your Brain on Joy by Dr. Earl Henslin (from Amazon.com)
(You may have seen Dr. Amen on PBS Specials this year!)
Newly Released by Thomas Nelson Publishers
Who's Minding Your... Mind?
What does grey matter have to do with peace and joy?
A lot more than most of us realize.
Many of my clients who are very religious are both stunned and relieved when they find out that their behavior or mood issues may be physical rather than spiritual problems. So it is with great joy that I want to recommend a new book by dear friend and longtime colleague, Dr. Earl Henslin. Though the book will encourage people of any faith, it is written from a distinctly compassionate Christian viewpoint and may be especially helpful to the dazed and confused sitting in our church pews!
Be ready to have a few of your long-held assumptions challenged, and discover some "ah-ha" insights that will deepen your understanding and widen your compassion. In this breakthrough book, Dr. Earl Henslin reveals how the study of brain imaging turned his practice of psychotherapy upside down - with remarkably positive results. He shares answers to puzzling questions such as:
Why isn't my faith in God enough to erase my blue moods?
Why haven't I been able to conquer my anger? Pray away my fear and worry? Why can't I find freedom from secret obsessions and addictions?
Using my Amen Brain System Checklist and the 5 Basic Mood Areas in the brain, Dr. Henslin reveals what happens to our minds when any of those areas are out of balance. And the fun part? He applies the latest brain research to our everyday lives in an entertaining, enjoyable and informative way. (You don't have to be a neurosurgeon to love this book.)
This Is Your Brain on Joy offers a wide variety of practical, researched-based ways to nourish and balance your brain, including
Finally, Dr. Henslin, an avid and lifelong student of scripture, includes a mini-study of Paul's letter to the Philippians where the aging apostle unveils his "secrets" to lasting joy.
Read this book and you'll know how exactly how to nourish your mind, balance your brain and help others do the same. After all, the capacity for joy is a terrible thing to waste.
"This Is Your Brain on Joy is a thoughtful, practical, life-changing book that will help you take advantage of the latest neuroscience research, combined with biblical insights, to bring more joy and love into your life."
-Daniel G. Amen, MD
from the Foreword
On the other hand, my reasons for writing this book could be, I'll admit it, a bit selfish. For it is said that if we really want something, we should teach or write about it. Embarking on the serious subject of happiness and all its applications and implications has already given me some wonderful personal payoffs. It is impossible to apply your mind to the study of joy without experiencing some surges of insight and all the positive feelings that go along with it. So there, I've said it. Writing this book is just plain fun.
What I've discovered in my research, through reading the latest scientific breakthroughs, in my experiences with clients in search of happiness, and specifically in studying the brain through SPECT images (more on that later), has been both personally and professionally life-altering. I cannot keep to myself what I've learned about joy: what it is, what it is composed of, how to find, measure, and keep it. When a man finds a fountain of living water, he doesn't horde it; he shouts about it, shares it.
Jesus spoke of a joy that no man could take away. And it is that joy, that depth of happiness, that we'll be uncovering in the coming pages. What is especially sad to me is how many Christians believe that their lack of joy is due to some spiritual or personal failing or character flaw. "God made some people happy, and some people Eeyores." "There are glass half-full folks, and glass half-empty folks."
Is that true? If so, even partially so, how much of our natural disposition determines our potential to approach life from the best possible angle? How much can be changed by our thoughts? By spiritual intervention? By medication, foods, supplements, or exercise?
Are you reaching, on a daily basis, your absolute highest potential for happiness? Are you bringing your best, most joyful self to the table of your relationships?
And while we're asking questions, by the way, what IS happiness or joy? (And is there a difference between the two words?) Is a joyful outlook sustainable during crisis or grief? Do we get it from nature or nurture or supernatural intervention?
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