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Title: The Distracted Mind

Subtitle: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World

Author: Adam Gazzaley, Larry D. Rosen

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-16

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 53 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

In The Distracted Mind, leading psychologist Larry Rosen and pioneering neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley explain why our minds have become addicted to email, text messages, virtual worlds, and social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Through compelling true stories and scientific research, they show how digital distractions affect every aspect of life, from work, safety, and communication to our relationships and health.

The way our brains work mean we're all too easily hijacked by 'weapons of mass distraction', but there are countermeasures we can take. Rosen and Gazzaley offer proven strategies for regaining and retaining control over where we choose to focus our attention, making The Distracted Mind essential listening for anyone who wants to make best use of their brain today.

Members Reviews:

Repetitive

What could have a been a nice science article, at the most, ended up being a book by using over-redundancy and a few fancy terminologies. Very dissapointed

Horribly annoying narrator

So sorry I didn't listen to a clip before I bought the book. The subject is fascinating, but the narrator is so annoying it's almost comical. Or would be comical if in hadn't wasted my money on the book.

Very informative, very academic, boring at times.

The entire contents of this book could be condensed into a 15 minute ted talk. It is very interesting but heavily padded with supporting, but not very entertaining, stories.

Poor narration

I cant tell you about the quality of the book, as I cant get through more than an hour of it. The narration is some of the worst Ive heard on Audible.

Narrator sucks

Chris Sorensens voice and enunciation is terribly dull. Whats wrong with him? You might want to consider listening at a faster speed if youre interested in the content

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Title: Heal Your Mind

Subtitle: Your Prescription for Wholeness Through Medicine, Affirmations, and Intuition

Author: Mona Lisa Schulz MD, Louise Hay Ph.D.

Narrator: Mona Lisa Schulz MD

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-16

Publisher: Hay House

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Many of us grapple with how to stay happy, calm, and depression free in a world that seems to get more complex by the minute. How do we keep our wits about us and our memory intact and remain spiritually tuned in when our brains and bodies are bombarded with information from so many sources - friends, family, work, media, the Internet - to say nothing of the chemicals and other influences we take in from our environment? This follow-up to the beloved resource All Is Well offers answers.

Heal Your Mind continues the three-pronged healing approach that Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz and Louise Hay pioneered together, extending it to conditions, processes, and disorders of the mind including memory, learning disability, addiction, anxiety, and depression. In-depth case studies from the All Is Well Clinic delve into interventions with real patients, where Dr. Mona Lisa uses intuition to pinpoint issues, and she and Louise discuss the medical solutions and affirmations that can help restore well-being.

Many other books on healing the mind take a "pill for every ill" approach; still other books offer a nutritional supplement for every symptom. We may end up thinking our minds and bodies need an endless array of expensive, ever-changing interventions. In truth medicines can take us only so far in healing the mind; nutritional supplements may take us a step further. Dr. Mona Lisa and Louise's prescription - supported by current scientific research - takes a new tack: It addresses mental and emotional problems by changing the way we think and helps listeners find their own pathways to healthier and more fully present minds.

Members Reviews:

Amazing content - listening to it was painful

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

The book - yes! The audio??? no.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Heal Your Mind?

This subject is such important information for all of us.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Mona Lisa Schulz MD?

An actress who can breathe life into the words.

Do you think Heal Your Mind needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

no.

Any additional comments?

Mona Lisa Schulz is brilliant and her story is extraordinary. But someone should have been kind enough to tell her that it was not the best idea for her to read her own amazing work.

Narrator

I love Louis Hay but Omg I can't take the Dr/Narrator..... Terrible, forgive me but I just can't go through this book with this narration

Phenomenal!

I adore Dr. Mona Lisa Shulz and Louise Hay, and this book was as phenomenal as they are! I would give this a hundred stars if I could! Very informative, and I feel that this is a message that western medicine and western society needs to hear - the mind and body are connected and impact each other. I will absolutely listen to this again.

Some reviews comment on Dr. Shulz's performance. I, personally, love her presentation. It's slow enough that it allows me to really think about and absorb her words and ideas. However, I would suggest listening to some of her shows on Hay House Radio if you're concerned that this will be a problem for you.

Brilliant

I recommend this book to physicians and other health practitioners, including therapists and psychiatrists. We are a young country and can be limited in our scope of what medicine is.

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Title: How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making

Author: The Great Courses

Narrator: Professor Ryan Hamilton

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-16

Publisher: The Great Courses

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 295 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

People have always been fascinated by how the mind works. Thousands of times each day, we are presented with choices that require decisions: from what to wear each day to where to live. Over millennia philosophers, theologians, and mathematicians have all weighed in on how we make decisions, and in recent centuries economists, psychologists, and sociologists have joined this investigation. Some of these past theories are essentially aspirational, describing decision making as it should be, not as it often is.

This course provides a different view. In How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making, Professor Ryan Hamilton, associate professor of marketing at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, uses research revealed via the scientific method to understand and explain human decision making. While his easygoing manner and anecdotes about surprising and bizarre choices will keep you enthralled, Professor Hamilton also shares what decision science has revealed through empirically tested theories that make falsifiable predictions and lead to testable hypotheses. Based on the outcomes of his own published experiments and those of his colleagues, Dr. Hamilton presents information that allows you to better understand the choices you face every day, the tools you can use to make the best decisions for your personal goals, and how to most effectively influence the decisions of others.

Throughout this course, you'll examine complex and seemingly simple decisions and see the factors that play into both. You'll understand the pitfalls of routines that have become such a part of life that they obscure the decision making process and learn how the memory of a song or joke heard years ago can have an effect on a decision being made today.

Dr. Hamilton emphasizes the complex nature of human beings and the many environmental, physical, and emotional aspects of life that can impact any specific decision at any given moment.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

Members Reviews:

Compelling and instructive

This course walks you through the theories and knowledge regarding how the human brain approaches decision making. Learning the concepts made me think about my own behavior and I now understand better the way I (and the people around me) work. It doesn't give you all the answers, but it's a great way to start. The performance is warm and the concepts are clearly explained, even for people who have no knowledge of the topic.

Immediately useful

This book directly and immediately effects my day actions and decisions with respect to choosing my brand management strategies

educational book

great feedback. I'll use this information in.my sales as well as in my life!! thank you.

Very applicable and entertaining

Excellent coverage of the topic with examples from the wild. Will definitely change my marketing tactics.

A solid listen about decision making process

Would you listen to How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making again? Why?

I will definitely come back to this book, The author crunched a lot of data and research and put it in to simple words for a normal person to understand.

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Title: Walden Two

Author: B. F. Skinner

Narrator: Robert McCollum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-13-16

Publisher: Audiobooks.com Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 57 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

From author and psychologist B. F. Skinner, regarded by many as the most important and influential psychologist since Freud, comes Walden Two. This fictional outline of a modern utopia has been a center of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it depicts a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct. The novel describes an experimental community called "Walden Two", whose members are happy, productive, and creative; their happiness derives from non-nuclear family life; amazingly limited work hours; communal child-raising; free affection; the creation of art, music, and literature; opportunity for games of chess and tennis; and ample rest, food, and sleep. It's a utopia inspired by the experience described in Henry David Thoreau's Walden, but with company. Fans of philosophical writers like Ayn Rand or Karl Marx and imagined utopia's like Aldous Huxley's Island will enjoy broadening their minds with the challenging ideas described by Skinner in this classic novel.

Members Reviews:

A must

A must for all Behavior Analysts! This is a quintessential story for all of us who want to understand just how Skinner saw the world.

A curious and stimulating read well worth the time

I bought the book with curiosity about the author's view of an alternative society. I was especially satisfied to hear his take on the topics of behavioral engineering, the structure of today's society with its benefits and drawbacks, and the apparent debate between the view point of a modern philosopher and the one of a modern scientist. I felt shivers during the heated discussion about history, heroes and personal benefit.

On the performance of the narrator I have slight remarks - it was rather strange hearing a male voice narrating the female characters as well. I would prefer listening to two narrators - male and female - to bring more authenticity to the characters. Other than that, it was an excellent performance.

The story and character development were not really the central idea of the book. It was rather difficult appealing to any of the characters, but having listened to the whole book, I would assume this was one of the author's goals.

I would advise future listeners to first acquire a basic understanding of the methods of science before listening to the book. It holds nothing sacred and questions core societal structures like family, religion and government. Many ideas may be difficult to grasp if the listener is not used to questioning everything.

To finalize, I felt great satisfaction with the content of the book. I will surely return to many key topics. The author took great care to describe in depth both opposing perspectives. Well worth my time and money.

A Novel of Ideas

Alas, the ideas get in the way of the story. As a blueprint on how to build a Utopian society, I suppose this works. (At least theoretically. If you actually tried to do this, I'm pretty sure legal issues would arise.) But this is fiction and story should take precedence over everything. The plot, in a nutshell, is a group of skeptics visit Walden Two and engage in a dialogue with its founder over its value, effectiveness, and sustainability.

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Title: Pulling the Trigger

Subtitle: OCD, Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Related Depression - the Definitive Survival and Recovery Approach

Author: Adam Shaw, Lauren Callaghan

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh, Jot Davies

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-16

Publisher: Trigger Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

'Adam's inspirational story of recovery with the guidance and wisdom from world leading psychologist, Lauren Callaghan'

'Voted the UK's No 1 innovative self-help audiobook to support mental health recovery. An awe-inspiring and ground-breaking approach to mental health recovery, designed to give sufferers and their families compassionate, practical, and life-changing advice.'

From the heart and soul of a lifelong OCD and anxiety sufferer, combined with the expert mind and experience of a leading clinical psychologist, Trigger Press Publishing are proud to introduce the simple, yet highly effective, self-help method of Pulling the Trigger. This publication is a definitive survival and recovery approach for OCD, anxiety, panic attacks and related depression.

In Part I we follow Adam's desperate lifelong struggle with OCD, anxiety, panic attacks and related depression, leading him to the brink of suicide. We witness the painful, despairing journey of a young man who never really understood the illness tormenting him until Lauren came into his life and changed his world forever. Sufferers with any type of mental health condition will identify with Adam s suffering and the daily struggles of his condition. Lauren's wisdom, innovative and compassionate approach in leading Adam to recovery is captured perfectly as she provides valuable insight into why and how he struggled with his condition and what needed to be done to ensure his path to recovery and beyond.

Part II is Pulling The Trigger, the definitive survival and recovery approach for OCD, anxiety, panic attacks and related depression. This is an innovative, user-friendly self-help approach to support and guide mild, moderate and severe sufferers to a place called recovery and beyond.

Thank you for your amazing support. By purchasing this product, you are also making a huge difference to sufferers around the world with mental health issues. All of our Pulling the Trigger products have substantial enterprising and philanthropic value which generate contributing proceeds towards our global mental health charity, The Shaw Mind Foundation. www.shawmindfoundation.org

We are so proud of our audiobooks. Each audiobook produced in the PTT (Pulling the Trigger) range is derived from unconditional attention and focus through years of research and drawing upon expert resource from all around the world. Our passion is in delivering unique, supportive and user-friendly self-help books for the mental health community, utilising a winning combination of a distinctive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and compassion focussed approach. www.pulling-the-trigger.com

This book was specifically created to help those sufferers and their families at the point of need. This publication has been ergonomically designed in a user friendly format to aide in the recovery of the sufferer as well as giving them a blueprint for hope and inspiration that recovery can happen and they can indeed reclaim their life.

Members Reviews:

Personal experience

Having dealt with OCD and social anxiety myself, this book has started me on my road to recovery. Truly amazing, encouraging, and useful book for those with anxiety-related disorders.

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Title: Why Do I Do That?

Subtitle: Psychological Defense Mechanisms and the Hidden Ways They Shape Our Lives

Author: Joseph Burgo PhD

Narrator: John Raines

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-26-16

Publisher: New Rise Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 46 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

This is a self-help book for people who don't usually buy self-help books. Instead of offering cognitive-behavioral techniques for dealing with anger, or affirming strategies to boost self-esteem, this self-help book adapts the basic methods of psychodynamic psychotherapy to a guided course in self-exploration, highlighting the universal role of defense mechanisms in warding off emotional pain. Even the best self-help books tend to stay on the surface. Why Do I Do That? instead probes deeply into the unconscious. With easy-to-understand explanations, the first part teaches you about the unconscious mind and the role of psychological defenses in excluding difficult feelings from awareness. Individual chapters in the longer middle section explore the primary defense mechanisms one by one, with exercises to help you identify your own defenses at work. The final part offers guidance for how to "disarm" your defenses and cope more effectively with the unconscious feelings behind them. Psychological defense mechanisms are an inevitable and necessary part of the human experience; but when they become too pervasive or deeply entrenched, they may damage our personal relationships, restrict or distort our emotional lives and prevent us from behaving in ways that promote lasting self-esteem. Why Do I Do That? promotes self-help for listeners who want to improve their relationships, manage their emotional lives more effectively and develop authentic self-esteem that will last. If you find that even the best self-help books lack depth and fail to instigate lasting change, this psychodynamic self-help book may be for you.

Members Reviews:

Your mental habits matter

Great book that covers the mind games we use on ourselves and others to cope. However these habits can work against us and cause us to repeat the same maladaptive patterns over and over.

Eye-opening information

I do not usually write reviews, but this book explores our defenses and why we do what we do and how it came to be. I was so excited when learning from this book; it could not wait to share the information with someone else.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone regardless of educational background or the understanding of psychology.

This is not you everyday self help book.

Eye-opening of myself, acquaintances, and those that I choose to surround me.

Very useful information

A lot of terrific information, some of which many people may already know, but none the less even those of us who "know" it still need to be reminded from time to time. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for insight into their own behavior and also think that everyone (regardless of their interest in growing) should read it.

I'm SO GLAD they finally did an audible for this!

Would you listen to Why Do I Do That? again? Why?

Yes, and you SHOULD! Its thick. There is a lot to learn; as well as, you will find that your own defense mechanism will be on high alert. The first time I read this book, my defenses were so high I couldn't even categorize my primary struggle (need/dependence, difficult emotions or self-esteem/shame). It's such a good book!

Really open your mind to who you are

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes.

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Title: How Can I Forgive You?

Subtitle: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To

Author: Michael Spring, Janis A. Spring

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-16

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Until now, we have been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive. Dr. Spring, a gifted therapist and the award-winning author of After the Affair, proposes a radical, life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives - without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for genuine forgiveness - one that asks as much of the offender as it does of us.

This bold and healing book offers step-by-step, concrete instructions that help us make peace with others and with ourselves, while answering such crucial questions as these:

Critic Reviews:

Clear, insightful...a thoughtful exposition on the nuanced role of forgiveness in relationships that goes beyond the average self-help book. (

Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Good as far as it goes, but doesn't go too far.

I'm not usually impressed by self-help books. This one is better than most. The author recognizes that forgiveness is not always an option, and sensibly suggests that acceptance is nevertheless a possibility. But in discussing forgiveness, the author's examples are all pretty clear cut. The father who abandoned or abused his child, the husband who broke up the marriage with an affair. In life, it's not always clear who owes whom an apology or for what offense. And a great deal of space is given to apologies so well-scripted they belong in the movies, not real life. Very little space is given to instances where apologies -- or requests for apology -- are simply ignored. Too bad. Author seems more sensitive to nuance than most, but doesn't come through.

A great read.

I think this was an important book to read that shared a message many need to hear. It is perfectly okay not to forgive someone. Forgiveness or lack there-of doesn't make a person better or worse. It isn't a virtue. Forgiveness is something that can be earned in some instances, but only when appropriate. In other instances, acceptance is more appropriate. Acceptance meaning simply coming to terms with what 'is' and doing what is best for oneself. It requires no participation of the offender. Ultimately, doing what is best for oneself is where the healing comes in. This book was a great read, and really gave be an important perspective I hadn't considered before.

Real Problems, Practical Strategies, Clunky Semantics

I appreciate what Spring set out to accomplish with this book, but many of her arguments boil down to thin semantics. In her logic, the only way to not forgive and avoid "dysfunctional" behavior is through "acceptance."

She explains that "acceptance" and "forgiveness" are different things. I don't believe they are. What I understand forgiveness to be is this: 1."Giving up" (getting back to the etymology of the word "forgive") the right to hate and escalating retribution (step 2 in Spring's "acceptance" process) and 2. Recognizing the humanity and fallibility of the other person (step 5 in Spring's "acceptance" process). As long as those two are covered, for me it's forgiveness. Spring can call it what she likes, but I disagree.

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Title: Neuroplasticity

Subtitle: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

Author: Moheb Costandi

Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-16

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Fifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement - and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious "brain training" games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general listener, describing how our brains change continuously in response to our actions and experiences.

Costandi discusses key experimental findings, and describes how our thinking about the brain has evolved over time. He explains how the brain changes during development, and the "synaptic pruning" that takes place before brain maturity. He shows that adult brains can grow new cells (citing, among many other studies, research showing that sexually mature male canaries learn a new song every year). He describes the kind of brain training that can bring about improvement in brain function. It's not gadgets and games that promise to "rewire your brain" but such sustained cognitive tasks as learning a musical instrument or a new language. (Costandi also notes that London cabbies increase their gray matter after rigorous training in their city's complicated streets.) He tells how brains compensate after stroke or injury; describes addiction and pain as maladaptive forms of neuroplasticity; and considers brain changes that accompany childhood, adolescence, parenthood, and aging. Each of our brains is custom-built. Neuroplasticity is at the heart of what makes us human.

Members Reviews:

A great introductory read on the brain.

This book does an excellent job of providing a concise overview of neuroplasticity and the Brain.

straightforward

extensive knowledge elaborate the reason situations with neuroplasticity. a definite recommended read. enjoy your knowledge and feed your brain.

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Title: Idiot Brain

Subtitle: What Your Head Is Really up To

Author: Dean Burnett

Narrator: John Keating

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 147 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett.

The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it's also messy, fallible, and disorganized. For example, did you know that your memory is egotistical? That conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain? Or that alcohol can actually improve your memory? (Editor's note: Please listen to the book before testing that last conclusion.)

In Idiot Brain, Dr. Dean Burnett celebrates blind spots, blackouts, insomnia, and all the other downright laughable things our minds do to us while also exposing the many mistakes we've made in our quest to understand how our brains actually work. This is the best kind of popular science - lucid, funny, and whip smart - from a debut author who will be tickling funny bones and firing neurons for a long time to come.

Members Reviews:

It is rather fun to listen to

I was able to listen to the whole book in one day. It has a lot of layman' jargon, which makes it even more fun. There was tons of info and the subjects are not belabored which makes it interesting.

Painful.

Expected cute or informative. As a neuosurgeon and with a PhD in neuroanatomy, just wanted to be entertained, or learn something novel. However, it's as if he got his information from People magazine. His understanding of pathways is often just plain wrong, and his clinical examples sometimes are unrelated to the pathway he's describing. Could only get through 2 chapters because it was making me upset. Don't let this be your only source for neural pathways.

Great Book--Poor Narration

I really love the content of the book. The narration is awful--the narrator is heard inhaling after every phrase or sentence.

Super fun and fascinating

Loved this. I'm in a job where listening to an audiobook during the day is an effective way for me to keep myself focused and get some work done. I wanted to listen to something I find fascinating, and the human brain is definitely one of those things. It only took me a few days to get through and I have already recommended it to several of my friends. I would listen to it several more times too.

Awesome listen! Plus I like the Irish accent.

Very insightful book. A lot of knowledge on brain

I was fascinated by the inner chemical workings of the brain and how that relates to our perception of the real world. However I still don't understand our way of thinking and environment impacts the chemical "reality" of our brain or its the other way round.

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Title: Food Junkies

Subtitle: The Truth About Food Addiction

Author: Vera Tarman, Phil Werdell

Narrator: Lisa Bunting

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-16

Publisher: Post Hypnotic Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 93 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

2016 Voice Arts Award Finalist

A fact-filled guide to coping with compulsive overeating problems by an experienced addiction doctor who draws on many patients' stories of recovery.

Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia: Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspectives of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors. What exactly is food addiction? Is it possible to draw a hard line between indulging cravings for "comfort food" and engaging in substance abuse? For people struggling with food addictions, recognizing their condition - to say nothing of gaining support and advice - remains a frustrating battle.

Built around the experiences of people suffering and recovering from food addictions, Food Junkies offers practical information grounded in medical science, while putting a face to the problems of food addiction. It is meant to be a knowledgeable and friendly guide on the road to food serenity.

Members Reviews:

No Easy Fixes Here

An interesting and engaging book and perspective. After hearing it, I realize that being addicted to food is a spectrum. self awareness of where we fall in this spectrum is essential to healing. Dr. Tarman makes a compelling case for abstinence from trigger foods, not a popular stance to take. Great book, glad to have read it.

Thoughtful and Provocative Examination of Addictio

If you could sum up Food Junkies in three words, what would they be?

Thoughtful

Comprehensive

Honest

What did you like best about this story?

It examines a disease which has been long misunderstood, shamed and ignored with honesty, clarity and careful consideration of research as well as the authors' personal and professional experience.

What three words best describe Lisa Buntings voice?

Clear

Direct

Neutral

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. Since I relate to this topic I had to listen and digest it in small parts over time.

parallels are strong between food and alcohol

Food addiction creates a situation where many who suffer, find themselves alone and without good advice. In Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction by Vera Tarman and Philip Werdell, they provide not only practical advice, but a host of narratives where those that suffer from food addiction can gain the confidence to break the cycle of addiction. The central tenet of the book is that to combat overeating, one must treat overeating as an addiction and the book works to validate that, often opposed, contention. While addictions in alcohol, drugs, and other substances sometimes remain often as problems others have, all of us eat food. This book provides solace and a talking center for what seems an obvious issue, but is not talked about much. If overeating is a genetic disorder, then there would be great value in parent talking to child and child talking to parent in a way thats meaningful.

Those who are food addicts, or at least overeat, will recognize many parts of the book will resonate with them from digging food out of the trash after throwing it away to the denial that comes with the disorder. The narratives clear, telling a story, making an important point, but some go beyond what one might initially expect is a book of clinical explication.