Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking

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Toxic thoughts, depression, anxiety--our mental mess is frequently aggravated by a chaotic world and sustained by an inability to manage our runaway thoughts. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal. There's hope and help available to us--and the road to healthier thoughts and peak happiness may actually be shorter than you think. Backed by clinical research and illustrated with compelling case studies, Dr. Caroline Leaf provides a scientifically proven five-step plan to find and eliminate the root of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts in your life so you can experience dramatically improved mental and physical health. In just 21 days, you can start to clean up your mental mess and be on the road to wholeness, peace, and happiness. Cover    1 Endorsements    2 Half Title Page    7 Title Page    9 Copyright Page    10 Dedication    11 Preface    17 Acknowledgments    21 Part 1 The Why and How    23 1. What Happens When We Don’t Use Our Minds Correctly    25 2. What Is Mind-Management and Why Do We Need It?    43 3. Why the Neurocycle Is the Solution to Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess    61 4. The Research    79 5. How Can All This Science Help You?    105 6. What Is the Mind?    131 7. The Interconnected Mind    145 Part 2 The Practical Application of the Neurocycle    163 8. The 5 Steps of the Neurocycle   165 9. Directing Your Brain for Change    187 10. Why It Takes Sixty-Three Days of Neurocycling to Form a Habit   207 11. Neurocycling to Build Your Brain and Develop Mental Toughness    225 12. Neurocycling to Detox Trauma    235 13. Neurocycling to Break Bad Habits and Build Good Lifestyle Habits    253 14. Neurocycling as a Daily Mind-Management Routine for Cleaning Up the Mental Mess    281 Appendix A: The Geodesic Information Processing Theory    291 Appendix B: The Metacog    293 Notes    297 About the Author    305 Photo Insert    307 Back Ads    317 Back Cover    327